[Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-31 Thread Matt Lundin
Marvin, Marvin Doyley writes: > tex4ht is awesome, it even does a good job with equations. > My new workflow is org - > tex -> html (via tex4ht) - > doc or docx > (textutil) Thanks for this update! I'm glad to hear that tex4ht proved useful. Thanks also for mentioning textutil - I added it to t

[Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-30 Thread Jambunathan K
Hello Marvin, > There is now an FAQ on converting to odt/rtf/doc, since there have > been several threads on this question recently: > > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#convert-to-open-office > > The FAQ is based largely on the helpful discussion of this issue late > last month: > > http://co

[Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-30 Thread Marvin Doyley
tex4ht is awesome, it even does a good job with equations. My new workflow is org - > tex -> html (via tex4ht) - > doc or docx (textutil) thanks everybody cheers M On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Marvin Doyley writes: > > > Org mode is now a part of my daily work-flow, not

[Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-30 Thread Marvin Doyley
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Marvin Doyley writes: > > > Org mode is now a part of my daily work-flow, not only do I use it for > > teaching, scheduling my time, but I also use it to store my research > > notes. The only snag is several of my collaborators is tied to > >

[Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-28 Thread Matt Lundin
Marvin Doyley writes: > Org mode is now a part of my daily work-flow, not only do I use it for > teaching, scheduling my time, but I also use it to store my research > notes. The only snag is several of my collaborators is tied to > microsoft word, and thus my only work around is to  export my no

Re: [Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-28 Thread Eric S Fraga
Marvin Doyley writes: > This is indeed a unique way of looking at the problem. I am not sure > converting from word to Org is > the way to go, because vast majority of my research notes are already > in Org. But having said that a > good work around could be to create a crude version in word (dit

Re: [Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-27 Thread Marvin Doyley
This is indeed a unique way of looking at the problem. I am not sure converting from word to Org is the way to go, because vast majority of my research notes are already in Org. But having said that a good work around could be to create a crude version in word (ditch the equations, but export as pl

Re: [Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-27 Thread Richard Lawrence
Jeff Horn writes: >> I'm not trying to be antagonistic, or insensitive to your particular >> situation.  But since no one else has said it, I just wanted to point >> out that it might be easier or more efficient, in terms of overall >> person-hours, to convert from Word to Org, rather than the ot

Re: [Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-27 Thread Jeff Horn
> I'm not trying to be antagonistic, or insensitive to your particular > situation.  But since no one else has said it, I just wanted to point > out that it might be easier or more efficient, in terms of overall > person-hours, to convert from Word to Org, rather than the other way > around. If th

[Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-26 Thread Richard Lawrence
Hi Marvin, > Org mode is now a part of my daily work-flow, not only do I use it for > teaching, scheduling my time, but I also use it to store my research notes. > The only snag is several of my collaborators is tied to microsoft word, and > thus my only work around is to export my notes and draft

[Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-26 Thread Marvin Doyley
Hi Jambunathan, This would be wonderful, I will keep a watch for the announcement. Rewriting the equations shouldn't be a major problem Best M On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Jambunathan K wrote: > > Hello Marvin > > > Org mode is now a part of my daily work-flow, not only do I use it for > >

[Orgmode] Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion

2010-10-26 Thread Jambunathan K
Hello Marvin > Org mode is now a part of my daily work-flow, not only do I use it for > teaching, scheduling my time, but I also use it to store my research notes. > The only snag is several of my collaborators is tied to microsoft word, and > thus my only work around is to export my notes and d