## LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org

LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org are two Open Source office suites that share the same code base. No matter which one you prefer, think of it as an extremely useful tool in connection with Scribus.

First, Scribus has some powerful import filters for the older OpenOffice.org native file formats, as well as the international standard ODF, which is extremely well supported by both suites.

Second, and equally important, both office suites support a seemlingly endless list of file formats, which means that you can use it as versatile file converter, especially for word processing (text) and graphics (vector) files. Below you find a list of file formats that LibreOffice can open and convert for use in Scribus.

Word Processing/Text Formats:

DocBook (*.xml), Hangui WP 97 document (*.hwp), Lotus WordPro document (*.lwp), MS Word 5, 6, 95, 97, 2000, XP document (*.doc), MS Word 95, 97, 2000, XP template (*.dot), MS Word 2003, 2007 document (*.docx, *.docm, *.xml), MS Word 2003, 2007 template (*.dotx, *.docm), MS Works document (*.wps), Office Open XML document (*.docx, *.docm, *.xml), Office Open XML template (*.dotx, *.docm), Pocket Word (*.psw), Rich Text Format (*.rtf), StarOffice Writer document 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (*.sdw), StarOffice Writer template 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (*.vor), T602 document (*.602, *.txt), Unified Office Format Text document (*.uof, *.uot), WordPerfect document (*.wpd)

Graphics Formats (only vector formats, as there are better converters for bitmap images):

AutoCAD Interchange Format (*.dxf), Computer Graphics Metafile (*.cgm), CorelDraw (*.cdr), Corel Presentation Exchange (*.cmx), Enhanced Metafile (*.emf), OS/2 Metafile (*.met), StarOffice Writer Graphics File (*.sgf), StarOffice Drawing (*.sgv), StarView Metafile (*.svm), MS Visio (*.vsd, *.vst)

As of version 4.0, LibreOffice can also open MS Publisher files in Draw, so you can at least convert a PUB file into another format and import the result into Scribus page by page. Moreover, you can open and convert slides from presentation programs like PowerPoint or Impress into a vector or bitmap format that can be imported by Scribus.

Clipart editing with LibreOffice Draw