From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Lawrence Subject: Re: Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:57:13 -0700 Message-ID: <878w1j65va.fsf@berkeley.edu> References: <87wrp45n2a.fsf@berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50543 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PB7Q2-0008JK-73 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:56:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PB7Q1-0007IM-2z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:56:02 -0400 Received: from cm03fe.ist.berkeley.edu ([169.229.218.144]:36312) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PB7Q0-0007IF-S8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:56:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Jeff Horn's message of "Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:24:56 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Jeff Horn Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Jeff Horn writes: >> I'm not trying to be antagonistic, or insensitive to your particular >> situation. =C2=A0But since no one else has said it, I just wanted to poi= nt >> out that it might be easier or more efficient, in terms of overall >> person-hours, to convert from Word to Org, rather than the other way >> around. > > If they're stuck in word and the OP is using org, he may be the only > person on his team capable of changing his workflow. In that case, > person hours are saved if he switches and doesn't have to educate > everyone else (or they educate themselves), though *his* man hours are > not economized. Well, doesn't that depend on how long it would take to educate everyone else, vs. how many hours he will eventually spend doing manual conversion to Word? Richard