Linbox Converter is a client/server application written in Python language. The client transfers to the server the MS-Office documents to convert. The server does the convertion into the requested file type (PDF, PostScript, HTML, text, RTF, or TIFF) and send back the result to the client.

Linbox Converter makes a company conversion project, from MS-Office to OpenOffice.org much easier. A batch program will run through a whole directory, convert all MS-Office documents into GIF type files, then load the MS-Office files into OpenOffice.org, print them, and finally convert them into GIF. One can then compare both documents (MS-Office and OpenOffice.org outputs) side by side on a Web page.

The best part is that Converter is released on the GPL, so it is FREE to download and use. This is pretty freakin’ sweet if you as us! Go ahead and give it a shot.