-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 25/01/13 11:03, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > 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.
I just installed it under Wine (30 day test) and it worked - I am using "Play On Linux" and Office 2010. Can not comment onthe activation though, but I do not expect ay problems there. Cheers, Rainer > > -- Murat Yildizoglu http://yildizoglu.info > > Le vendredi 25 janvier 2013 à 09:55, Rainer M Krug a écrit : > > 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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