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Hi All,

All the tutorials concerning UNO and Java mandate the installation of OOo in order to be able to use the UNO API. Since what I'm trying to achieve mainly use the UNO API silently (not showing the Writer GUI) mainly for conversion and manipulation, I was wondering if someone had an idea/pointer on whether I can use/embed the UNO API with my application without requiring an OOo install.

Thanks a bunch

When calling an UNO API you call functions of OOo, not from a (non-existing) stand-alone UNO installation.
So (IMHO) you need OOo installed.