About GroupDocs.Conversion for Java API

GroupDocs.Conversion for Java is an advanced file format conversion API for converting between popular image and document formats such as Microsoft Office, OpenDocument, PDF, HTML, email, CAD. and much more with just a few lines of code. The native API automatically detects the formats of the original documents and offers many options for customizing the converted documents. Along with the function of extracting information from a document, it also supports caching of the conversion results to the local disk by default. However, any type of cache storage can be supported by implementing the appropriate interfaces - Amazon S3, Dropbox, Google Drive, Windows Azure, Reddis, or any others.

Convert your DOT files to ODT in Java. It only takes a couple of lines of Java code on any platform of your choice, such as Windows, Linux, macOS. You can try converting DOT to ODT for free and evaluate the quality of the conversion results. Along with simple file conversion scripts, you can try more sophisticated options for loading the DOT source file and storing the ODT output.

For example, for the source DOT file you may use the following load options:

automatic detection of the file format;
specify a password for protected files (if the file format supports it);
replace missing fonts to preserve the appearance of the document.

There are also advanced convert options for the ODT file:

convert a specific page of a document or a range of pages;
add a watermark to the converted ODT.

Once the conversion is complete, you can save the ODT file to your local file path or to any third party storage such as FTP, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox etc. Please note - to convert DOT to ODT, you do not need to install any additional software, such as MS Office, Open Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader etc.

Steps to convert DOT to ODT in Java

GroupDocs.Conversion for Java allows developers to easily convert DOT file to ODT with a few lines of code.

Create a new instance of the Converter class and upload the file DOT with the full path
Set ConvertOptions for document type to ODT
Call the convert() method and pass the document name (full path) and format (ODT) as a parameter

System Requirements

Basic conversion with GroupDocs.Conversion for Java API can be done with just a few lines of code. Our APIs are supported on all major platforms and operating systems. Before executing the code below, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system.

Operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS
Development environments: NetBeans, Intellij IDEA, Eclipse, etc.
Java runtime: J2SE 6.0 and above
Get the latest GroupDocs.Conversion for Java from Maven

// Load source file DOT for conversion
  Converter converter = new Converter("input.dot");
  // Prepare conversion options for target format ODT
  ConvertOptions convertOptions = new FileType().fromExtension("odt").getConvertOptions();
  // Convert to ODT format
  converter.convert("output.odt", convertOptions);