nextcloud / nextcloud/workflow_pdf_converter

Assistance with how to setup and make this app work to convert office documents to PDF

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Description

Hello,

Adding my voice to this app where I can't get it to work for me?

I’m trying to automate the creation of PDF documents from the workflow in Nextcloud where certain .docx files have a special tag on them. I’ve installed libreoffice on my test nextcloud as per your suggestion. I confirmed the location of libreoffice using:

command -v libreoffice

being /usr/bin/libreoffice,

I updated my /usr/share/nextcloud/config/config.php file with the following line as per the PDF conversion documentation:

‘preview_libreoffice_path’ => ‘/usr/bin/libreoffice’,

To be safe I restarted my Nextcloud server.

I then configured a PDF Flow to look for Office Documents with my tag to create a PDF document.

I then went into a .docx document and made some changes to it and saved it. I expected the Flow to work but no PDF was created?

What am I missing in this setup? Any advice on what I’m missing to get this working for me?

Thank you.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the PDF conversion documentation alongside the reported configuration in /usr/share/nextcloud/config/config.php and the LibreOffice path /usr/bin/libreoffice. Reproduce the tagged .docx workflow if possible; done would mean identifying the missing setup step or documenting the complete configuration needed to create the PDF.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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