Re: converting from doc (doc import) - html and LaTeX approach failed
It depends on whether or not you want to import equations as well. I have been using Word2tex to convert word documents with mainly equations, and it works fairly well. Some hand-editing is required, but it is fairly limited. Word2tex is not free, though. Still, I have found that all the free approaches work very poorly for equations.
Re: converting from doc (doc import) - html and LaTeX approach failed
On 16. nov. 2011 09:58, Janek Warchoł wrote: Hi, i'm trying to import a doc file, written in Polish. I'm running Windows 7 and using LibreOffice 3.4.4. I have converted some word files, and gave up on converting formatting. I "copy" in libreoffice, and "paste/paste special" in LyX. This preserves the text and the division of text into paragraphs. All other formatting is lost, so I re-do that. (headings, bulleted/numbered lists, emphasizing.) It is mostly scrolling through the pasted document, using the paragraph type shortcuts (or combobox) a lot. figures: I save them from libreoffice, then insert them in LyX tables: I recreate them. I also recreate TOC, cross references and math. I have the impression that there are various complicated conversions that can preserve a little more, such as the headings and some formatting. But if I have to go through the entire document anyway, and fix conversion mistakes, then i might as well do the formatting manually.
converting from doc (doc import) - html and LaTeX approach failed
Hi, i'm trying to import a doc file, written in Polish. I'm running Windows 7 and using LibreOffice 3.4.4. I've read the wiki page about importing doc and tried writer2latex, but the result doesn't compile, giving some strange warning about overwritten command that i was unable to solve (sometimes LyX doesn't even import the .tex file), and the LaTeX source is unreadable. Robert Oakes' solution is for Linux only, as i understand. I've also searched mailining list archives and read about importing via html, but it didn't work too (LyX said "An error occurred while running: java -jar htmltolatex.jar -input "testingfile.html" -output "testingfile.tex" while trying to import html file). Other than that i didn't see anything in the archives that wasn't 5 or more years old (and thus clearly outdated). Is there anything else that i should check? :( regards, Janek Warchoł
