But the installation of Tex2Word could require Windows m: it comes with a setup exe if I remember well, and probably needs to run some code to activate through Internet, I have not tested this under Wine. I have been able to install it under Parallel's VM.
-- Murat Yildizoglu http://yildizoglu.info Le vendredi 25 janvier 2013 à 09:55, Rainer M Krug a écrit : > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 25/01/13 09:27, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > > I have in the pas used Tex2word from Chikrii software with success. > > Equationa are correctly > > translated in this case, figures not, but I prefer to include them in the > > optimal format for > > Word myself. This is commercial software (a plugin for Word), but it is not > > expensive and has > > even a lower education pricing policy. It uses MathType (but the free > > version of it is enough). > > > > Thanks - I'll keep it in mind when I have convert again. And the academic > pricing is acceptable if > it keeps co-authors happy.... > > And as I get MSOffice via the University for free and it runs nicely under > wine, it might be an > option. > > Cheers, > > Rainer > > > Murat > > > > Le vendredi 25 janvier 2013, Rainer M Krug a ￩crit : > > > > On 25/01/13 05:20, Jerry wrote: > > > > > On Jan 24, 2013, at 1:42 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > > > On 24/01/13 01:02, Jerry wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2013, at 1:02 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22/01/13 23:37, Jerry wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 22, 2013, at 1:38 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, I played with pandoc a while back and its > > > > > > > > > > > conversion of a very simple > > > > > > > > > > > LyX file to Word was not perfect. I went LyX -> LaTeX -> > > > > > > > > > > > docx. I did not > > > > > > > > > > > investigate setting options very much. I recall that > > > > > > > > > > > equations made the trip > > > > > > > > > > > and were editable in Word 2011 (Mac) built-in equation > > > > > > > > > > > editor, but equation > > > > > > > > > > > numbers were lost. Today's effort, also on a simple but > > > > > > > > > > > different document, > > > > > > > > > > > LyX -> LaTeX -> docx, one equation was not typeset (only > > > > > > > > > > > the markup > > > > > > > > > > > appeared), a .eps file was not found even though it was > > > > > > > > > > > present, and section > > > > > > > > > > > labels were translated as literal text. Converting to > > > > > > > > > > > .odt was worse, and at > > > > > > > > > > > least once caused it to crash when it was attempting to > > > > > > > > > > > repair what it > > > > > > > > > > > thought was a damaged converted file. (But what _doesn't_ > > > > > > > > > > > cause LibreOffice > > > > > > > > > > > to crash?) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I also tried to go the LyX -> LaTeX -> docx route, but the > > > > > > > > > > results were not as > > > > > > > > > > usable as via xhtml. So I would suggest to try the route > > > > > > > > > > via xhtml. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How did you get from XHTML -> docx? Pandoc (according to the > > > > > > > > > first paragraph of > > > > > > > > > the user's manual) does not accept XHTML input files. Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well - using > > > > > > > > > > > > pandoc -o newfile.docx newfile1.xhtml > > > > > > > > > > > > works as expected and produces a docx file. > > > > > > > > > > > > So I can only say it works. I only used the converters and format > > > > > > definitions as > > > > > > mentioned earlier. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Truy it: > > > > > > > > > > > > simple lyx file, export to LyXhtml and use above command to convert > > > > > > to docx. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > > > Rainer > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Ranier. I have just now tried this on a simple document > > > > > > > (two equations, two > > > > > > > sections, a footnote, a figure with caption, a greyed comment, > > > > > > > and two cross > > > > > > > references (to an equation and to a section). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As usual, the LyXHTML looks very good. But in the docx, the > > > > > > > equations are not > > > > > > > rendered and contain spurious text, the figure caption and figure > > > > > > > name are separated > > > > > > > from the figure and are shown as normal text, spurious text is > > > > > > > inserted relating to > > > > > > > the image, and all of the cross-references move the cursor to the > > > > > > > title rather than > > > > > > > to where it should move. The footnote is printed as ordinary text > > > > > > > as is the greyed > > > > > > > text also. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Without doubt this is not perfect. As I said, I can't comment on > > > equations and I did not > > > worry about the captions. Have you tried LyX -> eLyXer -> pandoc as well? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > pandoc -o newfile.odt newfile1.xhtml > > > > > > > > > > > > > results in a similar result, but with completely nonfunctional > > > > > > > cross references and > > > > > > > no spurious text relating to the figure image. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm using OS X, LyX 2.0.5, Word 2011, LibreOffice 4.0.0.1, and > > > > > > > pandoc 1.9.4.2. > > > > > For my case (no crossreferences, no inseted references, but formating in > > > the text (italic > > > for species names) and only some pictures which I deleted anyway to > > > reduce the size of the > > > docx as I had to email it for further revisions it worked better and > > > faster then any other > > > solution. > > > > > > > > > > Have you tried to go ia LaTeX and pandoc? > > > > > > Yes. I have commented on this recently. > > > > Sorry - must have overlooked it. > > > > > > LyX -> LaTeX (plain) -> docx using pandoc: > > > > > > Word (Mac 2011) complains "This file is corrupt and cannot be opened." > > > > It then offers to > > > > repair the file. Results are: inline equation translated and editable > > > > but with two minor > > > > errors (it did not recognize lim as a function and set it in > > > > italics)--this shows that > > > > equation translation _can_ work; standalone equation not translated, > > > > TeX code is displayed > > > > between two $ signs, and equation number is lost; image caption is > > > > lost, but the spurious > > > > word "image" is displayed nearby; labels (section, equation) are set as > > > > ordinary text > > > > within their respective domains; cross-references are displayed as > > > > ordinary text but with > > > > nonexistent links; comments are displayed as normal text but in a > > > > separate paragraph, thus > > > > splitting the paragraph in which it is contained into two paragraphs; > > > > and indexed terms > > > > are lost. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LyX -> LaTeX (plain) -> odt using pandoc: Opened with LibreOffice. The > > > > file is reported as > > > > corrupt and the program offers to repair it. Results--similar to above > > > > for Word except: > > > > inline equation is very poorly typeset and is not editable using the > > > > built-in equation > > > > editor; instead of the picture that was supposed to be a figure, a box > > > > is displayed which > > > > reads "Read error"; the word "image" is not displayed; clicking on the > > > > footnote cross > > > > reference moves the cursor to the crossreference; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess some manual fidelling will always be necessary, and for my > > > document the fidelling > > > required after pandoc was considerably less as after any other approach. > > > > > > > > > > Please keep us posted about any progress. > > > > > > I'm afraid there won't likely be any more progress as I have spent a > > > > lot of time on this > > > > already, plus I have exhausted most of the obvious options. OTOH, if > > > > one considers the > > > > combinatorics of combining various options, I'm sure there are more > > > > options than any one > > > > person has time to try. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Conversion is a tricky business, and depending on your needs and > > expectations, different paths > > work (once of has different requirements then regular reviewing and > > commenting, equations, > > graphs, many cross-references, etc.). > > > > > > > > Unless there is progress from other quarters in the meantime, I suppose > > > > when the occasion > > > > arises to make a conversion, I'll look into commercial options on > > > > Windows. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do they work as expected and reliably? > > > > > > As a Mac user, I can of course run Windows, but I don't relish the idea > > > > of buying another > > > > copy of Office, plus converter software for Windows. I don't mind > > > > paying for commercial > > > > software except Microsoft stuff which I find is generally of poor > > > > quality (in fact, I > > > > often prefer it) but the extra hassle of going this route, with still > > > > unknown results, is > > > > not appealing. I think I recall a Windows converter from LaTeX to Word > > > > where there was > > > > also offered a manual conversion of anything that their software did > > > > not convert, for an > > > > additional fee per megabyte over a certain level of file size. What a > > > > mess. > > > > > > > > > > > > > True - even though commercial, could you please report back if you find a > > usable solution, as > > hee are quite a few users fighting regul;arly with conversion issues. > > > > > > > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > > > Pleasure, sorry that they didn't help much, > > > > Cheers, > > > > Rainer > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Rainer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You should try both converters (the build in and eLyXe), as > > > > > > > > > > they performed > > > > > > > > > > differently on different objects. As my document did not > > > > > > > > > > contain any equations, > > > > > > > > > > I can not comment on that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I must say, that I also used pandoc to convert to odt and > > > > > > > > > > then converted the > > > > > > > > > > odt to docx with OpenOffice (this was before > > > > > > > > > > LibreOffice...) and it also > > > > > > > > > > worked well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can only suggest to try the different paths out and see > > > > > > > > > > which works best, > > > > > > > > > > and then post your experiences here and add them to > > > > > > > > > > http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/6042 so that there is some > > > > > > > > > > progress with pandoc > > > > > > > > > > support in LyX. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rainer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Prof. Murat Yildizoglu > > > > Universit￩ Montesquieu Bordeaux IV GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113) Avenue L￩on > > Duguit 33608 Pessac > > cedex France > > > > Bureau : E-331 > > > > yi...@u-bordeaux4.fr <mailto:yi...@u-bordeaux4.fr> > > > > http://yildizoglu.info > > > > http://www.twitter.com/yildizoglu > > - -- > Rainer M. 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