Hi Steve, I'd recommend that you first convert to HTML using eLyXer, and then use create an HTML to Word export filter.
The ConvertDoc script described in this article (http://blog.oak-tree.us/index.php/2010/05/14/msword-lyx-import) can be used to automate the command line OpenOffice conversion so that everything can be done from inside of LyX. When I originally wrote the article, I played with both import/export of Word documents and everything seems to work acceptably for the default character styles. I'm not sure how well it works for custom character styles. With an eye toward LyX 2.0, a better conversion filter might be created that uses the native XHTML export and XML stylesheets to export to Word. Theoretically, such a filter would be able to maintain all of the semantic markup. I've been playing with round tripping with DocBook XML, and though the process is somewhat complicated, it wouldn't be too hard to automate it with python or similar language. It also has the advantage of not relying on a copy of OpenOffice (which given the recent Oracle/Google nastiness, I'm not sure that I trust anymore). Cheers, Rob On Aug 16, 2010, at 4:42 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > I know this question has been answered 1.1 million times on the list, but I > couldn't quickly find it in a search so I thought I'd ask it again... > > On my second-to-next book I'm going to use the services of a real copy > editor. > Most copy editors prefer (ugh) MS Word. I have to admit when I wrote Samba > Unleashed, the copy editing/proofreading process did work very well with MS > Word. > > My book will be typographically fairly simple and mostly styles-based. What's > the best way to convert from LyX to MS Word, hopefully retaining my styles. > I'm more than willing to rewrite my style definitions on the MS Word side -- > I'd just like the text marked by those styles to be retained as styles on the > MS Word side if possible. If not possible, having the appearances carry > through would be sufficient, as ultimately I'll need to manually put the > editor's suggestions back in my LyX doc. > > By the way, if any of you do proofing/copy-editing for a living, please feel > free to email me off list. > > Thanks > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Recession Relief Package > http://www.recession-relief.US > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt >
