[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] WD2LATEX.ZIP: Convert MSWord to LaTeX

raymond@MATH.BERKELEY.EDU (Raymond Chen) (02/19/91)

I have uploaded to SIMTEL20:

pd1:<msdos.tex>
WD2LATEX.ZIP    Convert MSWord to LaTeX (crude but useful)

Written by Dr Connor J Thomas (cthomas@f.adelaide.edu.au).
The archive comes with both source and a binary.

Selected excerpt from the README file:

THE TRANSLATION PROGRAM works by interpreting Epson compatible printer
codes and translating a limited set of these to appropriate LaTeX code.
This approach is limited and cannot easily be used to interprete undelined
text; tables etc also present dificulties.  But I do have some MSWORD
macros to help format basic LaTeX tables.

The present version will cope with:
  IBM PC Hi-Ascii characters
  Special LaTeX characters such as \ % { } etc.
  Math characters such as + -
  Italicized text
  Bolded text
  Superscripts and Subscripts
  Small caps format
  Characters bolded and to be printed in Epson Large type
    will be interpreted as \section{text} but remember to bold first
    and change size second (See notes in source code).

The program can be easily expanded to cope with more complex procedures.

Raymond Chen
raymond@math.berkeley.edu