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File Format Conversion

Source: vignettes/rtf-convert-format.Rmd
rtf-convert-format.Rmd

Overview

r2rtf had an experimental internal function r2rtf:::rtf_convert_format to convert RTF format to PDF, DOCX, or HTML. This feature requires LibreOffice >= 7.1 and was only tested in a Linux environment.

By default, r2rtf:::rtf_convert_format convert RTF file to PDF format. The PDF file will be saved in the same folder with same file name by default.

In example below, ae_example.pdf will be created in the same folder.

r2rtf:::rtf_convert_format(input = "rtf/ae_example.rtf")
  • Multiple files can be provided as input.
r2rtf:::rtf_convert_format(input = list.files("rtf", pattern = "*.rtf"))
  • The format argument allow use to specify output format as pdf, docx, or html.
r2rtf:::rtf_convert_format(input = "rtf/ae_example.rtf", format = "html")

Limitations

There is one known limitation after RTF file convert to HTML files:

  • table border issue.
    • “dash”, “small dash”, “dot dash”, and “dot dot” border type are not supported

Summary of Border Type Using Top Border

Border Type


single

double

dot

dash

small dash

dot dash

dot dot