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In article <1992Dec11.061423.19339@chpc.utexas.edu> boisseau@chpc.utexas.edu (John R. Boisseau (Jay)) writes:
>I am a regular Word user, and just received my upgrade to 5.1. However,
>since so many people around me use TEX, I am interested in TEX for the
>mac. I understand Blue Sky produces a package called TEXtures. I have
>a few questions about this:
>
>(1) is there a converter, either within TEXtures or as an independent
>application/utility, that will convert a Word document into a TEX 
>document?

Not specifically. You can copy and paste text from Word into Textures,
but any formatting information will be lost (e.g., fonts and styles,
margins, etc.).  Another possibility, that I have not tried personally,
is to save from Word in RTF format, and use an RTF->TeX conversion
program such as utll/rtf-to-tex.hqx from the info-mac archive.

>(2) Can equations from the latest versions of Expressionist and MathType,
>when inserted into a TEXtures document, put you back in the appropriate
>program (Expressionist or MathType) wit the equatoin ready to be edited,
>when selected a certain way or something? I would like to be able to use an
>"easy" equatoin application, like the two mentioned above, to create
>my equatoins, and then save them in a TEX format, and still be able
>to edit them easily. Is this possible?

It's easily possible with Expressionist; I have no experience in this area
with MathType.  I'd point out, however, that MANY people find that WYSIWYG
math editors are nowhere near as efficient as direct TeX coding, once you
get some experience at TeX's mathematics.

>Thanks,
>Jay Boisseau

Barry Smith, Blue Sky Research
barry@reed.edu