Hi :)
It is possible to still get earlier versions of LO!  Install in
parallel or into a virtual machine or on a dual-boot or something.
The "in parallel is probably easiest unless you already have another
reason for having a vm or dual-boot.
Regards from
Tom :)

On 6 March 2014 01:51, Steve Edmonds <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 2014-03-06 14:35, Ed_0 wrote:
>>
>> On 05/03/14 20:07, gibi wrote:
>>>
>>> On 05/03/2014 20:16, Steve Edmonds wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2014-03-06 05:51, Ed_0 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 05/03/14 10:08, e-letter wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 04/03/2014, Ed_0 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would like to know, why does libreoffice open up after running in a
>>>>>>> terminal "libreoffice --convert-to odt *.doc?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> It should not do this. Check your installation again. (E.g:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/users%40global.libreoffice.org/msg12280.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/users%40global.libreoffice.org/msg33265.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What if I want a recursive behaviour?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Try:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> libreoffice --convert-to odt ./*.doc
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Hmm, I didn't understand those links, the errors displayed are
>>>>> these:
>>>>>
>>>>> javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Warning: failed to read path from javaldx
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) I'm not an expert or a sysadmin but I read some books about Linux.
>>>>> ls
>>>>> and ls . or ls ./ is the same.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3) I tried with - $ libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt $(ls -R)
>>>>>          - $ libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt < file < ls -R
>>>>>          - $ libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt $(find . -name
>>>>> "*.docx*")
>>>>>          - $ libreoffice --headless --convert-to odt $(find . -name
>>>>> "*.docx*")
>>>>> --outdir dir/
>>>>>
>>>>> and it didn't work out...
>>>>>
>>>>> I know very little Bash and some C. I think a script it's a better
>>>>> idea.
>>>>> It has to execute the libreoffice command in each directory so that the
>>>>> outdir is "that" directory.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wish somebody could code it. If not, I will do it myself in the
>>>>> future.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ed
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Hi.
>>>> What are you trying to achieve.
>>>> I have to run a script to convert all older documents on our server to
>>>> newer ODF format. I am going to do that by regression into the
>>>> directory specified as the parameter to the script when called. I
>>>> haven't got round to it yet as it is not required until I update LO,
>>>> but is that what you are after.
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>> Another way is to use the wizard in libreoffice (File > Wizards >
>>> Document Converter ) from a PC on the same network than the server and
>>> using a network share.
>>>
>>> We used this solution to convert tons of documents in order to avoid CPU
>>> charge on servers that were used for other purposes and it was nice
>>> (only I/O on the servers).
>>> We were able to parallelize tasks with multiple PCs, each one was
>>> dealing with a dedicated sub-directory of the share.
>>>
>>> Just my 2 cents.
>>>
>> Just tried it.
>>
>> I found what I was searching.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
> Unfortunately for me it doesn't convert the legacy documents for which
> compatibility was discontinued after LO3.7, so I will finish my script.
> steve
>
>
>
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