diff --git a/config.ini b/config.ini
index 8ea83812cccb9f44d124673f247679f10b52cf1a..a3029e070303d0ca16f7f1ae87ef7ab30bd0d6e6 100644
--- a/config.ini
+++ b/config.ini
@@ -29,7 +29,45 @@ combineCodeParagraphs = true
 ; Note, that the image caption has follow the image in the document.
 imageCaptions2AltText = true
 
-
+; Frontmatter configuration:
+; The frontmatter option allows you to replace all content that appears before a specific
+; heading in the generated markdown file with custom frontmatter content (such as YAML
+; frontmatter for static site generators). This is useful when you want to add metadata,
+; title, author information, or other structured content at the beginning of your markdown
+; document instead of the original Word document content.
+;
+; Heading title that marks where frontmatter replacement should occur.
+; The frontmatter will replace all content before this heading. The heading should include
+; the markdown heading level (e.g., "# " for h1, "## " for h2, etc.).
+frontmatterHeading = # Intellectual Property Rights
+;
+; Frontmatter to replace the content before the heading specified above.
+; This can be used to add YAML frontmatter or other content at the start of the document.
+; If not specified, the original content before the heading will be kept.
+; 
+; Two ways to specify frontmatter:
+; 1. Multiline string (subsequent lines must be indented):
+;    frontmatter = ---
+;        Title: "Document Title"
+;        Spec Number: "Author Name"
+;        ---
+;
+; 2. Read from file (use "file:" prefix):
+;    frontmatter = file:frontmatter.yaml
+;
+frontmatter = ---
+	Title: #TITLE#
+	Spec Number: #SPEC_NUMBER#
+	Version: #VERSION#
+	Date: #DATE#
+	Release: #RELEASE#
+	Work Item: #WORK-ITEM#
+	keywords: #KEYWORDS#
+	Copyright Year: #YEAR#
+	Long ISG Name: #LONG_ISG#
+	Short ISG Name: #SHORT_ISG#
+	---
+pandocTableWarnings = false
 [toc]
 ; Add section numbers to the headlines
 addSectionNumbers = false
@@ -162,5 +200,5 @@ f0f3 = 266c743b2d3e
 [media]
 ; The following configurations specifies the cli command to convert a single .emf file to the.png and .svg image formats.
 ; If no conversion should or can be done, remove or comment the lines.
-emfConverterPng = /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice --headless --convert-to png "{infile}" --outdir "{outdir}"
-emfConverterSvg = /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice --headless --convert-to svg "{infile}" --outdir "{outdir}"
+emfConverterPng = /usr/bin/soffice --headless --convert-to png "{infile}" --outdir "{outdir}"
+emfConverterSvg = /usr/bin/soffice --headless --convert-to svg "{infile}" --outdir "{outdir}"
diff --git a/spec2md.py b/spec2md.py
index c2f9d581ec51e7f5d2fcbe129a63be814e6572ee..e464f8ca1052d2b618868fc4f6244ca41d9c65dd 100644
--- a/spec2md.py
+++ b/spec2md.py
@@ -153,6 +153,30 @@ class DocumentConfiguration(object):
 		self.skipUnreferencedMediaFiles = config.getboolean('general', 'skipUnreferencedMediaFiles', fallback = False)
 		self.imageCaptions2AltText = config.getboolean('general', 'imageCaptions2AltText', fallback = True)
 		self.combineCodeParagraphs = config.getboolean('general', 'combineCodeParagraphs', fallback = True)
+		self.frontmatterHeading = config.get('general', 'frontmatterHeading', fallback = None)
+		
+		# Frontmatter - can be specified as multiline string or file path
+		# Note: ConfigParser supports multiline values if subsequent lines are indented
+		frontmatterConfig = config.get('general', 'frontmatter', fallback = None)
+		self.frontmatter = None
+		if frontmatterConfig:
+			if frontmatterConfig.startswith('file:'):
+				# Read frontmatter from file
+				frontmatterFile = frontmatterConfig[5:].strip()
+				frontmatterPath = Path(frontmatterFile)
+				if not frontmatterPath.is_absolute():
+					# Relative to document directory or config file directory
+					docDir = os.path.split(documentFileName)[0]
+					frontmatterPath = Path(docDir) / frontmatterFile
+				try:
+					with open(frontmatterPath, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+						self.frontmatter = f.read().strip()
+				except Exception as e:
+					# Use print instead of _print since _print may not be available during config loading
+					print(f'Warning: Could not read frontmatter file "{frontmatterPath}": {e}')
+			else:
+				# Frontmatter specified directly in config (multiline supported)
+				self.frontmatter = frontmatterConfig.strip()
 
 		#	Paragraphs
 		self.paragraphs = { c : config.getlist('paragraphs', c)	# type: ignore [attr-defined]
@@ -1030,6 +1054,27 @@ def processDocuments(documents:list[str],
 
 				
 			
+			#
+			#	Replace content before configured heading with frontmatter if configured
+			#
+			if docConfig.frontmatter:
+				# Find the index of the configured heading
+				iprIndex = None
+				headingToFind = docConfig.frontmatterHeading.strip()
+				for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+					if line.strip() == headingToFind:
+						iprIndex = i
+						break
+				
+				if iprIndex is not None:
+					# Replace everything before the IPR section with frontmatter
+					frontmatterLines = docConfig.frontmatter.split('\n')
+					lines = frontmatterLines + [''] + lines[iprIndex:]
+				else:
+					# If IPR section not found, prepend to the beginning
+					frontmatterLines = docConfig.frontmatter.split('\n')
+					lines = frontmatterLines + [''] + lines
+			
 			#
 			#	Write produced Markdown file
 			#