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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-fmtconv.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-fmtconv.html index 6d25578742e..347f62ff2ff 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-fmtconv.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-fmtconv.html @@ -19,25 +19,11 @@ -<p/><dt>WordPerfect<dd> <i>wp2latex</i> - has recently been much improved, and is now - available either for MSDOS or for Unix systems, thanks to its - current maintainer Jaroslav Fojtik. -<dt>PC-Write<dd><i>pcwritex.arc</i> is a - print driver for PC-Write that “prints” a PC-Write - V2.71 document to a TeX-compatible disk file. It was written by Peter - Flynn at University College, Cork, Republic of Ireland. -<dt>runoff<dd> Peter Vanroose’s <i>rnototex</i> - conversion program is written in VMS Pascal. - The sources are distributed with a VAX executable. -<dt>refer/tib<dd> There are a few programs for converting bibliographic - data between BibTeX and <i>refer</i>/<i>tib</i> formats. - The collection includes a shell script converter from BibTeX to - <i>refer</i> format as well. The collection - is not maintained. +<p/><dt>WordPerfect<dd> <i>wp2latex</i> is actively maintained, and is + available either for MSDOS or for Unix systems. <dt>RTF<dd> <i>Rtf2tex</i>, by Robert Lupton, is for converting Microsoft’s Rich Text Format to TeX. There is also a - convertor to LaTeX by Erwin Wechtl, called <i>rtf2latex</i>. + converter to LaTeX by Erwin Wechtl, called <i>rtf2latex</i>. The latest converter, by Ujwal Sathyam and Scott Prahl, is <i>rtf2latex2e</i>; this system seems rather good already, and is still being improved. @@ -53,17 +39,32 @@ shareware translators from <a href="http://www.chikrii.com/">Chikrii Softlab</a>; users’ reports are very positive. +<p/> The excellent <i>tex4ht</i> will generate OpenOffice ODT + format, which can be used as an intermediate to producing Word + format files. <p/> If cost is a constraint, the best bet is probably to use an intermediate format such as RTF or HTML. <i>Word</i> outputs and reads both, so in principle this route may be useful. -<p/> Another, unlikely, intermediate form is PDF: Acrobat Reader +<p/> You can also use PDF as an intermediate format: Acrobat Reader for Windows (version 5.0 and later) will output rather feeble RTF that <i>Word</i> can read. <dt>Excel<dd> <i>Excel2Latex</i> converts an <i>Excel</i> file into a LaTeX <code>tabular</code> environment; it comes as a <code>.xls</code> file which defines some <i>Excel</i> macros to produce output in a new format. +<dt>runoff<dd> Peter Vanroose’s <i>rnototex</i> + conversion program is written in VMS Pascal. + The sources are distributed with a VAX executable. +<dt>refer/tib<dd> There are a few programs for converting bibliographic + data between BibTeX and <i>refer</i>/<i>tib</i> formats. + The collection includes a shell script converter from BibTeX to + <i>refer</i> format as well. The collection + is not maintained. +<dt>PC-Write<dd><i>pcwritex.arc</i> is a + print driver for PC-Write that “prints” a PC-Write + V2.71 document to a TeX-compatible disk file. It was written by Peter + Flynn at University College, Cork, Republic of Ireland. </dl> <p/> <a href="http://www.tug.org/utilities/texconv/index.html">Wilfried Hennings’ FAQ</a>, |