[Orgmode] Re: interacting with word processors (opeonffice, word)

[Matt Lundin]

David Maus <address@hidden> writes:

> At Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:55:42 -0600,
> Russell Adams wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 08:44:54PM +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>> > Hi Matt
>> >
>> > try latex2rtf: export org-mode to LaTeX and use latex2rtf to convert it to
>> > rtf.
>> > I am using latex2rtf to convert LaTeX code (generated by LyX) into rtf for
>> > exactly the same purpose.
>>
>> That's a great idea!
>>
>> Currently I export to HTML and then let Word users import that. It
>> preserves most of the formatting that is important to me, though
>> external files have to be manually inserted in Word.
>>
>> Does RTF help with external references? (ie: embedded images?)
>
> You may also give tex4ht[1] a shot. I don't use it that often but my
> impression is that it gives better results than latex2rtf

I recommend both latex2rt and tex4ht (i.e., mk4ht oolatex). I use the
former for simple documents (i.e., articles without bibtex references
or special LaTeX packages) and the former for anything more complicated.

Best,
Matt