need pandoc help in converting an .odp to .docx

[Member stevesr0]

I am teaching a course that I have created presentations in .odp format.

One student, who is blind, asked if I could provide a .docx format version which is easier for her to use a text to speech program with.

Tried pandoc. Got an error

`pandoc: Cannot decode byte ‘\xa4′: Data.Text.Internal.Encoding.decodeUtf8: Invalid UTF-8 stream’

which I interpreted as the file was using UTF-4 instead of UTF-8, so I used iconv to make the file UTF-8.

Now getting an error,

iconv: illegal input sequence at position 10 <p>PK</p>

Appreciate assistance.

Thanks.

stevesr0

P.S. if there is another way to do this, happy to hear about it.

P.P.S. Only one code box shows up, even tho I used the code tags. don’t know why.

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[Member marcelocripe]

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Hello stevesr0.

I found these services on the internet:

– Convertio
(Try removing the /pt from the URL address to display in English language, the Convertio page won’t let me see the English language version.)

– AConvert

– GroupDocs

– Online2pdf
(Try removing the /pt from the URL address to display in English language, the Online2pdf page won’t let me see the English language version.)

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Olá stevesr0.

Eu encontrei estes serviços na internet:

– Convertio
(Tente remover o /pt do endereço de URL para exibir em idioma Inglês, a página do Convertio não me deixa ver a versão em idioma Inglês.)

– AConvert

– GroupDocs

– Online2pdf
(Tente remover o /pt do endereço de URL para exibir em idioma Inglês, a página do Online2pdf não me deixa ver a versão em idioma Inglês.)

[Member punranger]

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I have always found Google Docs to be able to take just about any sort of input file and convert it. In the case of ODP files, I guess the equivalent file format is Power Point, so that may be worth a try. I don’t see a lot of love for Google in this forum, for good reasons, but some of their services get the job done extremely well.

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[Member stevesr0]

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Hi marcelocripe and punranger,

Thanks. I will try those.

stevesr0

[Member blur13]

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A possible workaround, assuming the student is on windows and has microsoft office, is that the student does the conversion. You can save the .odp as a .pptx, the student can use powerpoint to export the pptx to .docx. I think its File/export/create handouts, and the presentation will be created in a word document.

[Member Lead Farmer]

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Open the file with LibraOffice, go to Tools > Options > Load/Save > Always save as > Word 2007-365(*.docx), save as the file as docx.

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