[OS X TeX] LaTeX -> Word?

[Thomas Schröder]

Am 16.04.2004 um 15:47 schrieb Adam Maxwell:

Hi Adam,

> On 16 Apr, 2004, at 07:56, Thomas Schröder wrote:
>
>> So, the big question is: how do I do it? Has somebody out there 
>> successfully converted his LaTeX files into Word files i.e. with 
>> nice, editable formulas? I think I could live with replacing the 
>> pictures by hand, they are mainly Excel diagramms anyway. But having 
>> to replace all the math and formulas by hand rather spoils the 
>> effect.
>
> I do this all the time using latex2rtf.  I wouldn't call the 
> double-clickable formulas "nice," but they are editable with Equation 
> Editor :).  Pictures should get converted, also, and embedded in the 
> rtf file.

I gave this a try and for _very_ simple documents this gives actually 
quite nice results, math formulas look great and included pictures are 
especially nice. The thing is that I make use of quite a few extra 
packages and also my own macros basically none of which are working. 
When I translated one of my real documents I got about a gazillion 
warnings and the resulting .rtf wouldn't open in Word nor in Textedit.

So, thanks for the tip but I guess, latex2rtf is not for me.

	Bye, Thomas

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