<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">tex4ht can convert to OpenDocument format (.odt, used by OpenOffice.org). OpenOffice.org now has an Aqua native version, and it's good to have around, because it reads and writes word really well, and also is easy to use if you have to do word processing. <div><br></div><div>There is a GUI for tex4ht:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.simpletex4ht.free.fr/">http://www.simpletex4ht.free.fr/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Check out</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.simpletex4ht.free.fr/LaTeXtoWord.php">http://www.simpletex4ht.free.fr/LaTeXtoWord.php</a></div><div><br></div><div>It looks like the underlying binary, tex4ht, is included in MacTeX.</div><div><br></div><div>Openoffice.org:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/openofficeorg.html">http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/openofficeorg.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>I used tex4ht and this GUI before, it does a great job for a basic essay with paragraphs, headings, and the like; I don't know how it would work for something more complicated. But as Joe says below, the best you can get, probably, is most of the way there, and then some further tinkering will probably be required.</div><div><br></div><div>-Adam</div><div><br><div><div>On Mar 19, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Joseph C. Slater PE, PhD wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>On Mar 19, 2009, at 11:44 AM, George Gratzer wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I wrote an article in LaTeX on chess compositions, and the chess magazine wants it in Word. I converted using Adobe Acrobat, awful.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Is there a better way, preferably on a Mac?<br></blockquote><br><br>Try all that apply:<br><a href="http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Converters">http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Converters</a><br><br>Some require compilation/command line usage. Some users have reported using htlatex then importing the html to word.<br><br>Importing to LyX and exporting to rtf (then loading into word) can sometimes work as well.<br><br>I don't think you can possibly end up satisfied so much as just getting a large step in the right direction with formatting issues to deal with. However, you get those with word anyways.<br>Joe<br>----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br>TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq<br>List Reminders and Etiquette: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/<br>List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/<br>TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/<br>List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div><br>------------------</div><div><div>Adam M. Goldstein PhD, MSLIS</div><div>--</div><div><a href="mailto:agoldstein@iona.edu">agoldstein@iona.edu</a></div><div><a href="mailto:a.m.goldstein@mac.com">a.m.goldstein@mac.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein">http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein</a></div><div>--</div><div>(914) 637-2717</div><div>--</div><div>Dept of Philosophy</div><div>Iona College</div><div>715 North Avenue</div><div>New Rochelle NY 10801</div></div> </div><br></div></div></body></html>