Turning Open Office document into an image.

What you can try to do is to export your document as a PDF and then use the convert command to convert it from pdf to jpg.

You will need the following applications:
- Image Magick (sudo apt-get install imagemagick)
- Ghostscript (sudo apt-get install ghostscript)

To convert a PDF to JPG do the following:
convert document.pdf output.jpg

Note:
You can also use the "-quality" switch in the convert command to tweak with the jpeg output quality.

I did the applications of Image Magick and Ghostscript successfully.

I changed successfully my document from open office to pdf file.

I'm finding trouble with converting from pdf to jpg. Maybe because I'm using the evince document viewer for the pdf files ? I cannot find the convert tab.

Thanks for your time.

The "convert" command must be typed into a terminal window.

So please open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

convert your_document_name.pdf your_document_name.jpg

Hope this helps

But there is also a quick solution using Gimp please read at the end of this post:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=391467

Hope this helps

Thanks Marcobra! Yes using the gimp I was successful. On the other hand when I tried to change a file with several pages, only the first page was changed into a jpg file. Is there a solution ?

Attempt to use the "convert" command:

Go to Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type: "convert your_document_name.pdf your_document_name.jpg" [Note that there are TWO spaces in total]

Let us know if that works

This is what the terminal gave me.

 convert provapdfjpg.pdf provapdfjpg.jpg
convert: unable to open image `provapdfjpg.pdf': No such file or directory.

I put the file on the desktop. Do I need to put in a particular place ?

You have to run that command from the directory where your pdf is.

For example. Let's say that your PDF is in you Documents folder (This is located in /home/USERNAME/Documents , replace USERNAME with your real username). When you open the terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) you have to change to that directory:
--> Type "cd /home/USERNAME/Documents" and press enter ('cd' stands for Change Directory).

When you are in the same directory where the PDF is then you can use the convert command.

I made sure that the document is in the requested place before I convert it to jpg but a strange message appeared.:

 "cd /home/daniel/documents"
bash: cd /home/daniel/documents: No such file or directory

Please try:

cd /home/daniel/Documents

Yes I was successful in locating the exact place yet another message appeared. What's wrong. Sorry for taking your time.

:~$ cd /home/daniel/Documents
xxx@xxxx-desktop:~/Documents$ cd /home/daniel/Documentsxxxx@xxxxx-desktop:~/Documents$ "convert provapdfjpg.pdf provapdfjpg.jpg"bash: convert provapdfjpg.pdf provapdfjpg.jpg: command not found
xxxx@xxxxx-desktop:~/Documents$

Make sure you have image magick installed.

From the terminal run "sudo apt-get install imagemagick"

Then try again

I'm using the gimp program which is changing pdf files into jpg's files successfully. Obviously when it comes to large documents I have to do it for each page manually as the burst command is not leading to the desired effect.

On a multipages document i strong suggest you the convert command detailed step to install it:

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install imagemagick

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Then try again your previous command:

convert provapdfjpg.pdf provapdfjpg.jpg

Hope this really helps

Marcobra, You're surely an expert because YES I SOLVED IT! Many many thanks! Sorry for not answering before but I had other appointments these last one a half days. The document was automatically converted into many jpg images as it contained many pages.
Thanks again for your time and patience.