About
Word2TeX
 Word2TeX
is a converter designed for use with Microsoft Word, enabling Word to
save documents in LaTeX format. This gives users the opportunity to convert
existing Microsoft Word documents to LaTeX or to create new LaTeX documents
with a standard word processor rather than requiring a completely separate
editing environment. Using Word2TeX in conjunction with Microsoft Word,
you can easily create articles, technical reports, research papers, dissertations
and even entire books for such complex markup-based system as LaTeX.
Word2TeX means you don't have to learn LaTeX to be able to publish LaTeX
papers, so students and other newcomers to the world of scientific publishing
can skip the long climb up the LaTeX learning curve. LaTeX experts also
benefit from it's time-saving features. Instead of inputting LaTeX commands,
you can simply use Equation Editor (or MathType) in Microsoft Word to
create equations. Just click and point to insert a picture or to make
a table (for more detailed information please see Word2TeX Features).
Then you can convert your document into LaTeX format with the help of
Word2TeX. Thus, Word2TeX leverages your investment in Microsoft Word.
Why might you need your documents to be in LaTeX format?
LaTeX is the de-facto standard in scientific publishing, which means that
most scientific publishers accept papers only in LaTeX format. LaTeX documents
can be published not only on paper, but on the Web using, for instance,
pdfTeX, which compiles TeX/LaTeX documents to PDFs.
Find out more about Web publishing with PDFs in Thomas Merz's book "Web
Publishing with Acrobat/PDF" (Springer-Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-540-63762-1).
We also highly recommend a visit to BinaryThing.com which runs The ePublishing
Network: a network of interrelated sites dedicated to electronic publishing
(ePublishing).
To see samples of PDF documents created with Word2TeX please see Word2TeX
Samples.
How do I use Word2TeX?
Once Word2TeX is installed, its operation is seamless. You'll find
a three-step procedure of converting Microsoft Word document to LaTeX
below:
- Start Microsoft Word (if it's not already running). Open the document
you want to convert by File|Open...;
- Invoke File|Save As... dialog box and choose "TeX"
format for saving:
- Enter a file name for output LaTeX document and click!
And that's all! I told you it was easy!
And if you need a specific type of LaTeX format like REVTeX (Physical
Society LaTeX), then Word2TeX can be customised to create any type of
LaTeX-based format.
System Requirements
In order to install and run Word2TeX, your computer must have:
- Microsoft Windows 95 or later (Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP);
- The Word2TeX converter is not independent application, but the add-in
to Microsoft Word and it requires Microsoft Word 95 or later version
(Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, XP);
- A hard disk drive with at least 2 megabytes of free space.
Acknowledgements
Grateful acknowledgements are made to the following people and organisations:
- Alan Hoenig, U.S.A.
- Andrij Shvaika, Ukraine
- David Raczkowski, U.S.A.
- Heinz-Dieter Ecker, HD Ecker Textverarbeitung, Germany
- Keiko SHIMIZU, Toshiba Corp., JapanRobert Klauber, U.S.A.
- Thomas Metz, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Wilfried Hennings, Germany
- Osamu ABE, Hokkaido University of Education
- Mark Van De Vyver, Australia
We apologise if we forgot someone, thank you anyway!
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