ko@cs.cornell.edu (Chun Wa Ko) (05/08/91)
I apologize if the following question has been raised and answered before. Is there a translator from WORD to latex or tex? for free? at some ftp site? How can I get a copy? Thanks in advance.
edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May7.221036.3573@cs.cornell.edu> ko@cs.cornell.edu (Chun Wa Ko) writes: > >I apologize if the following question has been raised and answered before. >Is there a translator from WORD to latex or tex? for free? at some ftp >site? How can I get a copy? >Thanks in advance. > This must be a frequently asked question! I have heard a rumor of a Word-Perfect to TeX translator, but it was priced over $1,000. -- Gerald A. Edgar Internet: edgar@mps.ohio-state.edu Department of Mathematics Bitnet: EDGAR@OHSTPY The Ohio State University telephone: 614-292-0395 (Office) Columbus, OH 43210 -292-4975 (Math. Dept.) -292-1479 (Dept. Fax)
raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen) (05/09/91)
In article <1991May8.114216.20756@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu>, edgar@function (Gerald Edgar) writes: >This must be a frequently asked question! So frequent, it's in Chapter 7 of the monthly TeX Supplement. The MS-WORD-to-TeX converter therein is rather crude, but it's better than nothing (maybe). As for WordPerfect-to-TeX, there are many independent versions. Even I wrote one, though I haven't released it yet... Just for prerelease hype... it is fully configureable, which means that if you want boldfaced text to be converted as \boldface{#1} rather than {\bf #1}, you can just modify the .CFG file and you're in business. ACtually, it comes with configuration files that let you convert WP into TeX, LaTeX, IBM-Script, and even GML. I tried writing a troff configuration, but not knowing enough troff, I did only a half-hearted job. [I sent it out over a year ago to beta testers, and they haven't sent anything back, so I don't know if they've ignored it, or it didn't work, or it did work or whatever...]