Paul -- Maybe you and I could work together.
Steve On Monday 22 July 2002 12:29 pm, Paul Tremblay wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 12:39:52AM -0400, Paul Tremblay wrote: > > > I am responding to my own message. On second thought, you are using a > different method than I am. You are writing your macro in MS word > itself, and for that reason, tagging styles probably is not that > difficult. Using perl, or python or whatever to convert rtf is a much > more difficult task. > > good luck > > Paul > > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 11:32:10PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > From: Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Do any of you have experience converting a styles-based Word doc into > > > LyX? Would you first use macros to put tags around various styles, and > > > then export to text, and then use a script to convert to LyX code? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Funny you should mention this, because I have been working on a perl > > script that converts word.rtf to xml and saves all of the styles. If you > > are at all comfortable with using xslt, then converting from xml to LyX > > is trivial. > > > > There may be a better way than this. However, I have been working > > extremely hard on my script and believe that converting word to another > > marked-up language is as easy as it looks. If you find a way to convert > > rtf to LyX let me know. > > > > > > Paul > > > > -- > > > > ************************ > > *Paul Tremblay * > > *[EMAIL PROTECTED]* > > ************************