On Wednesday 09 May 2001 16:41, Jean-Pierre.Chretien wrote:
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> >>From: Remzi Seker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: Lyx Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Subject: Word2LaTex
> >>Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 08:34:28 -0500
> >>
> >>Does anyone know of a good way to convert MS Word documents to Latex or
> >> Lyx (except for word2tex.com's product?) ;-) Since I dont have formulas
> >> in the document i have (tables), I exported the word document to html.
> >> Then, I realized latex2html is a one way program.
> >>
> >>Does anyone know how I can convert html documents to latex and so i can
> >>import them into lyx? If there is not a html2lyx that is...
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>Remzi
>
> Have a look at rtf2latex2e (tries do deal with formulas as well).
> Export to HTML from Word, and use html2latex is a mess in general
> because the structure is lost (might be good for tables alone, but
> seems to me that rtf2latex2e does a better job).
>
> The only drawback is that you need the end user to provide the rtf
> (I'm not aware of a free batch doc->rtf converter).
WORD -> LyX
I find recent versions of wv are OK at reading Word documents (use
wvCleanLatex - LyX will autodetect this in any case).
HTML -> LyX
There is a html2latex program available somewhere, though not as an RPM last
time I looked.
