Word-to-LaTex will give you a LaTeX file that you might then able to import to LyX http://kebrt.webz.cz/programs/word-to-latex/index.html . I suspect the results will be VERY ugly.
Actually OOo is usually fine. It's Word's practice of mangling styles that seems to mess it up. :) --- Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My 1999 classic, "Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of > the Successful > Technologist" was written in MS Word. It was a > styles based document. Now I > want to make a second edition. > > I tried to work on it in OpenOffice, but OpenOffice > is terrible. > > Is there a way to transfer an MS Word document to > LyX, preserving the > paragraph and character styles in the document? I > don't care how messed up it > looks after transfer -- I can tweak the layout file > to suit my needs, but I'd > prefer not to lose styles. > > Anyone know how to do that? > > Thanks > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and > courseware > http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. Start today at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca
