Manipulating OpenOffice Document via Python

OpenOffice has UNO, http://udk.openoffice.org/, which allows Python and other languages to manipulate an OpenOffice document. One downside of UNO, depending on one's view, is that UNO requires an OpenOffice program to run and accept commands via socket.

For applications that would prefer direct manipulation of the OpenOffice document via Python, there are two alternatives.

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/OOoPy/ is one method; however, the documentation is somewhat sparse.

http://opendocumentfellowship.com/ has another Python based tool with documentation.

Posted at 05:16PM Jan 22, 2009 by rslee in OpenOffice/StarOffice  |  Comments[1]