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@@ -34,11 +34,23 @@
TeX2RTF is supported on various Unix platforms and under
Windows 3.1
<dt>Microsoft Word<dd> A rudimentary (free) program for converting
- MS-Word to LaTeX is <i>wd2latex</i>, which runs on MSDOS.
- <i>Word2</i><em>TeX</em> and <em>TeX</em><i>2Word</i> are
+ MS-Word to LaTeX is <i>wd2latex</i>, which runs on MSDOS;
+ it probably produces output destined for an archaic version of
+ MS-Word (the program itself was archived in 1991).
+<p/> The current preferred free-software method is a two-stage process:
+ <ul>
+ <li> Convert LaTeX to <i>OpenOffice</i> format, using the
+ <i>tex4ht</i> command <i>oolatex</i>;
+ <li> open the result in <i>OpenOffice</i> and &#8216;save as&#8217; a
+ MS-Word document.
+ </ul>
+ (Note that <i>OpenOffice</i> itself is <em>not</em> on
+ CTAN; see <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/">http://www.openoffice.org/</a>, though most
+ <i>linux</i> systems offer it as a ready-to-install bundle.)
+<p/> <i>Word2</i><em>TeX</em> and <em>TeX</em><i>2Word</i> are
shareware translators from
- <a href="http://www.chikrii.com/">Chikrii Softlab</a>; users&#8217; reports are
- very positive.
+ <a href="http://www.chikrii.com/">Chikrii Softlab</a>; positive users&#8217;
+ reports have been noted (but not recently).
<p/> The excellent <i>tex4ht</i> will generate OpenOffice ODT
format, which can be used as an intermediate to producing Word
format files.
@@ -86,6 +98,7 @@ translated to or from this one. <i>FrameMaker</i> provides
<dt><tt><i>rtf2latex2e</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/rtf2latex2e.zip">support/rtf2latex2e</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/rtf2latex2e/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/rtf2latex2e.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>rtf2tex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/rtf2tex.zip">support/rtf2tex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/rtf2tex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/rtf2tex.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>tex2rtf</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/tex2rtf.zip">support/tex2rtf</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/tex2rtf/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/tex2rtf.html">catalogue entry</a>
+<dt><tt><i>tex4ht</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/obsolete/support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip">obsolete/support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/tex4ht.html">catalogue entry</a> (but see <a href="http://tug.org/tex4ht/">http://tug.org/tex4ht/</a>)
<dt><tt><i>tr2latex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/tr2latex.zip">support/tr2latex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/tr2latex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/tr2latex.html">catalogue entry</a>
<dt><tt><i>wd2latex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/wd2latex.zip">support/wd2latex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/wd2latex/">browse the directory</a>)
<dt><tt><i>wp2latex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/wp2latex.zip">support/wp2latex</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/wp2latex/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/wp2latex.html">catalogue entry</a>