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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
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  <title>w2latex converter</title>
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<p>Up to the <a href="http://tug.org">TUG homepage (external link)</a><br>
Up to <a href="pctotex.html">Converters from PC Textprocessors to LaTeX -
Overview</a></p>
 
<h1>w2latex</h1>
 
<p>last update: July 28, 1998</p>
 
<p>written in C. (C compiler necessary.) Actually converts RTF to LaTeX. <br>
The Word document must first be saved to disk in RTF format. </p>
 
<p>Advantages: <br>
Converts text elements and formula fields. <br>
Converts nearly all special characters of the basic TrueType fonts (Arial,
Courier New, Times New Roman) I personally made some changes to additionally
support German left quotes and a few other special characters. </p>
 
<p>Disadvantages: <br>
Does not convert the document structure (i.e. headings are not recognised as
such). <br>
Does not handle other fields, equation editor objects, graphics. Table handling
is rudimentary (conversion of table cells to minipages, but problems with
borders). <br>
It only handles RTF versions up to WinWord 2, not yet WinWord 6. </p>
 
<p>Can be found on all CTAN sites, dir .../support/w2latex <br>
German version is in dir .../support/w2latex/german <br>
(The ... stands for a host specific base directory, which often is either
"/pub/tex" or "/tex-archive") </p>
 
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<p>This HTML page is part of the texconv pages.<br>
Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008 Wilfried Hennings<br>
You may copy and redistribute it under the following conditions:</p>
 
<ul>
  <li>it must remain intact and the contents unchanged; if you'd like to have
something changed, contact me (texconvfaq "at" gmx.de). Reformatting (e.g.
from HTML to some other presentation format) is granted as long as the contents
are unchanged. </li>
  <li>you may NOT ask money for it except a reasonable cost for media and
distribution</li>
</ul>
 
<p>Please also note the <a href="index.html#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.</p>
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