On Oct 31, 3:19 pm, Sven Bretfeld wrote:
> Hi
>
> YSK gmail.com> writes:
>> Yes, I used to use LaTeX for this reason. But unfortunately I find I
>> still need to use an MS Word compatible word processor quite often.
>> On Windows, VBacs does a great job of making MS Word behave like Emacs
>> and I'd really like to find something analogous for OO.o.
>
> Since I discovered tex4ht I said goodbye to Word and OO.o-Writer for
> ever. I can have my usual editing environment and the full power of
> Emacs before I send people their beloved .doc files that tex4ht
> produces quite free from error within a second (including BibTeX
> data).
>
> You should give it a try.
>
> Greetings
>
> Sven
>
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Thanks for the tip. I have a question about this tool, though:
According to
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/TeX4ht/mn-commands.html#QQ1-3-10:
[quote]
The OpenDocument code employs MathML for formulas, and XSL-FO for
formatting. It can be viewed by the OpenOffice word processor which,
in turn, can export RTF and other MicroSoft-based formats (see also,
Maarten Wisse, "Hacking TeX4ht for XML Output: The Road toward a TeX
to Word Convertor", MAPS 28 (2002), pp. 28-35).
[/quote]
Does this mean tex4ht requires OpenOffice to create MS Word .doc
files?