yW2OO

yWriter - OpenOffice/LibreOffice converter

This project is maintained by peter88213

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yW2OO: yWriter - OpenOffice/LibreOffice converter

Instructions for use

How to install yW2OO

  1. If you have already installed an older version of yW2OO, please run the uninstaller for it.

  2. Unzip yW2OO_<version number>.zip within your user profile.

  3. Move into the yW2OO_<version number> folder and run setup.pyw (double click). This will copy all needed files to the right places.

  4. Open the installation folder. You may wish to create a shortcut to run.pyw on your Desktop.

  5. Under Windows, you can add an Explorer context menu by double-clicking on add_context_menu.reg. You may be asked for approval to modify the Windows registry. Please accept.

You can remove the context menu entries by double-clicking rem_context_menu.reg.

Please note that these context menus depend on the currently installed Python version. After a major Python update you may need to run the setup program again and renew the registry entries.

How to use yW2OO

Drag and drop

You can drag a document or yWriter project and drop it on the shortcut icon to instantly convert the file. After the conversion, the graphical user interface pops up, showing a message, and providing a button to open the converted file.

Using the graphical user interface

The included installation script prompts you to create a shortcut on the desktop.

  1. Start the program via the desktop shortcut icon. On startup, the last opened yWriter project is loaded, if any. Otherwise, a “file open” dialog is displayed. Optionally, you can drag your yWriter project and drop it on the shortcut icon.

  2. If the loaded file is not the project you want to export from, open another project via the File > Open command (or Ctrl-O shortcut).

  3. Via the main menu, choose the export document type (see command reference below). This will start the export.

  4. If everything goes well, a success message pops up. The newly created file is located in the same folder as your yWriter project. If you want to edit your new document immediately, just click on the open converted file button.

Using the Explorer context menu

For the time being, this works only with .yw7 files.

  1. Move into your yWriter project folder, and right-click your .yw7 project file. In the context menu, choose Export to OpenOffice.

  2. A sub menu with export document types will open. Select the desired one.

  3. If everything goes well, a success message pops up. The newly created file is located in the same folder as your yWriter project. If you want to edit your new document immediately, just click on the open converted file button.

Online help

You can open this page with Help > Online help.

Command reference

How to uninstall yW2OO

  1. Move into the installation folder ~\.yw2oo (see below) and double click on rem_context_menu.reg. You may be asked for approval to modify the registry. Please accept to remove the Explorer context menu entry.
  2. Move one folder up, and delete the yw2oo folder.

Installation path

The setup script installs yw2oo.pyw in the user profile. This is the installation path on Windows:

c:\Users\<user name>\.pywriter\yw2oo