mgp2odp : converter from Magicpoint (mgp) to OpenOffice Impress (odp)

"mgp2odp" is a perl script (trying) to convert Magicpoint presentation file (mgp) to OpenOffice Impress file (odp) by OpenOffice::OODoc module.

Do you want to convert your Magicpoint presentation to the MS PowerPoint presentation?
"mgp2odp" might help you, 'cause Impress can generate PPT output. You can try something like

"original.mgp" --(mgp2odp)-> "odp file" --(Impress)-> "ppt file"

At version 1.1, "mgp2odp" can handle only plain text presentation.
At version 1.2, images can be imported (but not properly placed).
At version 1.4, font-style, text-color, positioning, and continuation can be handled.
See the demonstrations below.

demonstrations

• 2/15/2008:
  • demo by mgp2odp ver.1.4: text-color, font-style, positioning.
• 2/9/2008:
  • demo by mgp2odp ver.1.2: images can be imported.
• 2/4/2008:
  • sample.mgp by mgp2odp ver.1.1: plain-text outlines can be handled.
  • sample-jp-xft.mgp by mgp2odp ver.1.1: Japanese slides can be handled, too.

download/how to use

1. grab mgp2odp.txt,
2. rename it to "mgp2odp" (or whatever),
3. put the excute bit (chmod +x mgp2odp), if you want, and type "./mgp2odp your.mgp"
   or give it to perl as "perl mgp2odp your.mgp",
4. hopefully, you'll have "your.odp" there!

Currently, "mgp2odp" takes one argument, the mgp file (as above).
The result odp file will be at the current directory (or the same place of the mgp with the extension "odp" in version 1.1).

requirements

• perl
• OpenOffice::OODoc
• Image::Size

history

• 1.4: 2008/02/16 04:47:52
  • a bug fixed on the initialization of $style_para.
• 1.3: 2008/02/16 04:28:09
  • add text-color, font-style, and positioning handlings.
• 1.2: 2008/02/10 05:44:20
  • add image handling.
• 1.1: 2008/02/04 21:50:09
  • initial revision.

links

• Magicpoint: the presentation tool. this also has HTML (by -D option) and PS (mgp2ps) exports.
• mgp2kpr (local copy): a python script converting Magicpoint presentation to KPresenter document (XML) in KPresenter disbribution (by Lukas Tinkl).
• MagicPoint Toolbox (by Christoph Dalitz), including mgp2pdf.
• another mgp2pdf written in python (by Marius Gedminas).
• mmaker -- MagicPoint Preprocessor (by Mark Allman).
• outline2odp.pl: a simple text-to-odp converter in perl (by emasaka).
• images2impress: a perl script converting images to Impress (odp) (by Aleksander 'pinkworm' Wojdyga).

Copyright (C) 2008 Kengo Ichiki. < kengoichiki@yahoo.com > All rights reserved.

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