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Questions tagged [file-conversion]

Use this tag for questions about conversion from one file format to another. If applicable, use a more specific tag like [image-conversion], [video-conversion] or [pdf-conversion].

This tag applies to any kind of conversion from one file format to another. However, certain types of file should use a more specific tag:

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What is the easiest way to convert an Excel spreadsheet with tabular data to JSON?

I want to convert spreadsheet data from Excel or Open Office saved as *.xls to *.json Data is not sensitive File is not very large
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Convert a dta file to csv without Stata software

Is there a way to convert a dta file to a csv? I do not have a version of Stata installed on my computer, so I cannot do something like: File --> "Save as csv"
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converting from .py to .ipynb

I wrote a juypter notebook that has been converted to .py somehow. I would like it back in the original format. Does anyone know how to do that? There is a previous stack overflow question about this, but the solution doesn't work for me. Converting…
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Quickly Convert (.rtf|.doc) Files to Markdown Syntax with PHP

I've been manually converting articles into Markdown syntax for a few days now, and it's getting rather tedious. Some of these are 3 or 4 pages, italics and other emphasized text throughout. Is there a faster way to convert (.rtf|.doc) files to…
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Replacing vector images in a PDF with raster images

Is there any easy (scriptable) way to convert a PDF with vector images into a PDF with raster images? In other words, I want to generate a PDF with the exact same (un-rasterized) text but with each vector image replaced with a rasterized version. I…
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How to convert PDF to HTML?

Is there a proper library which I can use to convert PDF to HTML or some other format that can be converted to HTML easily? I searched similar questions, but to no luck. I want to be able to extract text from PDF's, possibly images. I'm not looking…
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"Standard" RGB to Grayscale Conversion

I'm trying to write a converters algorithm that takes a JPEG image and returns its PGM (Portable Gray Map) version. The problem is that I can't understand how the "official" JPG->PGM convertitors work in terms of what value to assign to the final…
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Recover PDF to LaTeX

I know how make a PDF from LaTeX. Is there a way to extract the LaTeX-code from a PDF I created earlier? How about if someone sends me a PDF and I like the formatting. Can I extract the LaTeX from it?
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HTML to IMAGE using Python

Here is a variable html_str, it is a string that contains html tags and contents in body. I am created a .html file from this string using the below code in python. html_file = open("filename.html",…
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Is there any free DBF file converter?

I have only found trial versions of these converters. Does anyone know a free one? Any of the following target formats will do: CSV, MDB, SQL, XLS
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Command-line tool for converting TTF/OTF fonts to SVG

Does anyone know of a command-line tool that will convert both TTF and OTF fonts to SVG fonts?
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Convert .xlsx file to .csv file using PHP

I'm looking for a low overhead way to convert a .xlsx file to a .csv file using PHP without consuming excess memory or loading extraneous classes. Anyone?
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unoconv not working while trying to convert. throws Error: Unable to connect or start own listener. Aborting

I am trying to convert docx to pdf using unoconv, but getting Error: Unable to connect or start own listener. Aborting. when I run unoconv -f pdf 1234.docx. So, there must be some listener. I then started the listener via unoconv --listener. I tried…
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Convert .odt .doc .ods files to .txt files

I want to convert all the .odt .doc .xls .pdf files to .txt files. I want to convert these files to text files using a shell script or a perl script
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How to convert .Rdata format into text file format

I am a novice in R and I am trying to convert .Rdata format file into comma delimited text file format. Can someone help me out regarding this?
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