Using these simple plugins and some third-party conversion tools, you can browse documents in various formats.

The plugins are very similar. Each plugin specifies a content type (`content`) and a file extension (`suffix`) so that Edbrowse can tell when to use the plugin. These plugins include `down_url` to tell Edbrowse to create a local copy of a remote file before converting it. Each plugin specifies the command to use to convert the file (`program`). The command can use `%i` for the input file name and `%o` for the output file name. When the command does not use `%o`, Edbrowse reads the output of the command. The plugins use `outtype` to specify whether the output of the command is text (`T`) or HTML code (`H`).

## Plugin using `pdftohtml`

### Portable Document Format (PDF)

    plugin {
    type = pdf
    desc = pdf file
    suffix = pdf
    content = application/pdf
    down_url
    program = pdftohtml -i -q -noframes %i %o
    outtype = H
    }

## Plugins using `catdoc`

### Microsoft Word `.doc`

    plugin {
    type = Word doc
    desc = Microsoft Word document, not docx
    suffix = doc
    content = application/msword
    down_url
    program = catdoc %i
    outtype = T
    }

### Rich Text Format (RTF)

    plugin {
    type = Rich Text Format
    desc = Rich Text Format
    suffix = rtf
    content = application/rtf,text/rtf
    down_url
    program = catdoc %i
    outtype = T
    }

## Plugins using `pandoc`

### Markdown

    plugin {
    type = markdown
    desc = Markdown file
    suffix = md
    content = text/markdown
    # Downloading the file is optional.
    down_url
    program = pandoc -f markdown -t html %i
    outtype = H
    }

### Microsoft Word `.docx`

    plugin {
    type = Microsoft Word document
    desc = Microsoft Word Open XML document
    suffix = docx
    content = application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
    down_url
    program = pandoc -f docx -t html %i
    outtype = H
    }

### Open Document Format text `.odt`

    plugin {
    type = Open Document Format
    desc = Open Document Format (text)
    suffix = odt
    content = application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
    down_url
    program = pandoc -f odt -t html %i
    outtype = H
    }

### EPUB

    plugin {
    type = EPUB
    desc = EPUB
    suffix = epub
    content = application/epub+zip
    down_url
    program = pandoc -f epub -t html %i
    outtype = H
    }

## Plugin using `xls2csv`

### Microsoft Excel `.xls`

    plugin {
    type = Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook
    desc = Microsoft Excel 97 to 2003 workbook
    suffix = xls
    content = application/vnd.ms-excel
    down_url
    program = xls2csv -f %F -q 1 -x %i
    outtype = T
    }

## Plugin using `xlsx2csv`

### Microsoft Excel `.xlsx` and `.xlsm`

    plugin {
    type = Microsoft Excel workbook
    desc = Microsoft Excel Open XML workbook
    suffix = xlsx,xlsm
    content = application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
    down_url
    # For comma-separated values, remove "-d tab".
    program = xlsx2csv -d tab -f %F -s 0 %i
    outtype = T
    }