Document conversion timeout

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Add a document conversion utility with a 60-second timeout to address previous 5-second timeout failures.

This utility was created as a reference in this repository because the actual document conversion code with the 5-second timeout is located in a different, inaccessible repository. The timeout for LibreOffice conversion has been increased from 5 seconds to 60 seconds (1 minute) to prevent premature timeouts for larger documents.

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Introduces a lightweight LibreOffice-based document-to-PDF conversion utility with a longer timeout and clear failure reporting.

• Adds document_conversion.py with convert_to_pdf and convert_document_to_pdf
• Uses headless LibreOffice (soffice/libreoffice) to convert and returns the output path
• Sets conversion timeout to 60s; aggregates detailed errors for timeouts, missing binaries, and non-zero exits
• Includes a simple CLI for manual invocation

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Timeout may double when both commands are tried

Medium Severity

The timeout parameter applies per command attempt, not to the total operation. Since the loop tries both "soffice" and "libreoffice" sequentially, if the first command times out after 60 seconds, the second command will also be attempted with its own 60-second timeout. The actual maximum wait time could be 120 seconds, contradicting the documented 60-second timeout and the PR's stated intent.