Hi,
I have about 1000 ODT files I would like to convert to rtf. I downloaded an app which only does one at a time, with facility to input a directory or group of files. I was hoping perhaps to create a batch script that would open pages, change the font size, then right out the file in rtf. Is this possible?
Thanks,
Ed
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
I suggest you test textutil on a couple of those ODT files before you go all in. I just tried to change the font and font size via textutil in High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G4015) and neither were set in the output RTF file. The ODT font used was Book Antigua 12 pt.
textutil -convert rtf -font Helvetica -fontsize 24 test.odt
Following the above command, here are what the following applications reported about the RTF font and font size:
How to Batch Convert Documents at the Command Line
https://www.maketecheasier.com/batch-convert-documents-at-the-command-line/
Both those apps are free. Make it easy on yourself, just download and use one of them.
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I don't use OpenOffice or Libre Office. The files were given to me. I am looking for a solution using the tools that I have.
Thanks,
Ed
Good work!
Thanks, that did it. After reading the article, it seemed it was always using a txt file as a starting point. I got it to work by converting all the odt files to text, then converting the txt to rtf while changing the font size. It worked like a charm and was to convert all the files quickly by using the wildcard symbol (*.txt) as the file input.
Thanks for your help!
Thanks, that will work. Won't resolve the font size issue, but it's a big help just to get it to rtf.
Cheers,
Ed
Batch Conversion of ODT files to RTF
