On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Barry Kauler wrote:
> Hi,
> I exported to a LaTeX file, then tried a utility called
> "latex2rtf", which is supposed to generate a Rich
> Text Format file that is Microsoft compatible.
> But, it aborts.
> Then I tried "latex2html" and that just hangs.
>
> So, does anyone know of any conversion utility
> that can convert a Lyx document to a form that
> can be imported to MS Word and retains most of
> the formating?
> And that works?
It might be possible for you to save the document as sgml and then use the
sgml2rtf utility. You might not be able to use all the fonts you can in LaTeX,
but the result should be usable.
> P.S.
> It's very annoying, but I'm writing a large document using
> KLyx, and the editorial people say they absolutely must have
> it in MS Word format.
They need educating!!
Send them your work properly typeset and camera ready and see what they say
then.
> It seems that the whole universe has gone over to MS Office.
The whole universe is mad, but we've known that since the beginning of time. :-)
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