Kevin: Along with the other suggestions that have been offered, you might want to look at my NoteStripper program, which strips notes out of a Word document and inserts them as text, along with any codes you need to include (LyX tags, for example). More here:
http://www.editorium.com/15078.htm In addition, you might want to look at an article I wrote about getting a Word document into LaTeX/LyX: http://lists.topica.com/lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1718444865 Thanks! Best wishes, Jack M. Lyon ___________________________________________________ The EDITORIUM Microsoft Word Add-Ins for Publishing Professionals http://www.editorium.com ___________________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Pfeiffer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: tricks for getting Word/OO docs into Lyx > > > I may have a second person who wants his "large document" > produced with > LaTeX (and LyX), so I am now thinking more seriously about > shortcuts for > conversion from Word to LyX. Some I've already figured out and are a > piece of cake. Quotes, for example. I do the conversion > beforehand using > OpenOffice's S/R feature as follows (for German quotes): > > S: [smart left double] R: ,, > S: [smart right double] R: `` > etc. > > But I am still stuck with the footnotes (and some people have > hundreds). > Naturally, in cases where the doc has not yet been written, I > can simply > say, "leave them inline between double brackets" [[Like > this.]] and then > do a search and replace to add the LyX or LaTeX coding, but > what about > existing documents? > > The best I've come up with so far is this: > > 1. Tell OpenOffice to place all footnotes at end of document. > 2. Export to PDF > 3. Open with Acrobat and save as text. > 4. Run through quick filter (to be written still) that: > a) reads in all footnotes from end of doc > b) replaces each footnote number in text with footnote and > LyX formatting (I think this will work because the footnote > numbers should always be followed by a space and are > sequential.) > > Any other tips or suggestions are welcome. I tried the > wv/reLyX solution > but reLyX failed on my test file with this error: > Reading LaTeX command syntax > (Kapitel3-001.tex: Splitting Preamble > Creating LyX preamble > Reading layout file > Cleaning... Expecting `$', got \end in ` > [...] > > -Kevin > -- > Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tiros-Translations >
