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FAQ: Converters between (La)TeX and PC Wordproc

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From: Wilfried Hennings
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:00
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This post is just a reminder of the existence of the FAQ.

The latest version of the FAQ list can be obtained via
<http://www.fz-juelich.de/isr/1/texconv/texcnv.html>

The list also resides on CTAN in the directory
.../help/wp-conv/wp-conv.zip
This zip file contains the complete set of html and txt files
but not the downloadable binaries 
and isn't updated as often as the original www pages.
(The ... stands for a host specific base directory,
which often is either "/pub/tex" or  "/tex-archive")
CTAN means "Comprehensive TeX Archive Network"
See <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/CTAN.sites>
for a list of CTAN-Sites

Following a discussion with some people, I had to withdraw my
recommendation to use HTML as an intermediate format for
conversion RTF/Word/WP <-> LaTeX.
I am sorry I cannot give ANY recommendations now. 

Reason:
Some conversion route which works well for someone else 
does not work at all for me, and if I found out a way which
works for me there is at least one other person for whom
it does not work at all.
Everyone seems to have different demands on a converter,
and for each available converter there seems to be at least
one system configuration where it does not work at all.

So I am sorry I can only recommend that you try yourself.
I am just giving a list what is available, but cannot
tell you whether it will work for you.

(I am still hoping that some day there will be some 
 useable converters which can be generally recommended, 
 either directly or via html, which by then should include 
 maths as specified in the html4.0 draft.)

Dipl.-Ing. Wilfried Hennings c./o.
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From: W.Hennings@fz-juelich.de (Wilfried Hennings)
Subject: FAQ: Converters between (La)TeX and PC Wordproc
Date: 1999/01/14
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