Convert .odt .doc .ods files to .txt files

Question

I want to convert all the .odt .doc .xls .pdf files to .txt files.

I want to convert these files to text

Answer 1

Open .ods file normally in libre office

Highlight text to be converted

Open a terminal

Run vi

Press "i" to get insert mode

Press ctrl-shift-v

Done!

Need some formatting?

Save the file as

Get out of vi

Run:

$cat | column >filename2

This worked in opensuse running KDE

Substitute "kwrite" for "vi", if you want