From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Lawrence Subject: Re: General question on dealing with Latex to word conversion Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:31:09 -0700 Message-ID: <87wrp45n2a.fsf@berkeley.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45851 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PAwua-0005NH-U4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:42:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PAwi9-0001N7-NG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:30:02 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:46909) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PAwi9-0001My-FP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:30:01 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PAwi4-0004jA-Q1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:29:56 +0200 Received: from c-67-164-33-170.hsd1.ca.comcast.net ([67.164.33.170]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:29:56 +0200 Received: from richard.lawrence by c-67-164-33-170.hsd1.ca.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:29:56 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Marvin, > Org mode is now a part of my daily work-flow, not only do I use it for > teaching, scheduling my time, but I also use it to store my research notes. > The only snag is several of my collaborators is tied to microsoft word, and > thus my only work around is to export my notes and draft from Org to plain > text and then reformat everything in word, which real time sync., especially > when I have to retype equations in Mathtype. Hmm. Given that at least one person in your team must adapt to the others, might I ask why that person has to be you? Is there a reason that your collaborators can't use Org mode and/or LaTeX? (Or at least export their work to plain text, so you can incorporate it in your Org files?) I'm not trying to be antagonistic, or insensitive to your particular situation. But since no one else has said it, I just wanted to point 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. (I don't know anything about MathType, but it would seem within the realm of possibility to *automatically* convert a Word document containing MathType that has been exported as plain text into something Org and/or LaTeX can understand. This site, for example, makes it look like MathType can export to TeX and LaTeX, so maybe that gets you most of the way there: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/features.htm) Best, Richard