From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeffrey Windsor Subject: Exporting for word processors Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 15:10:43 -0400 Message-ID: Reply-To: windsor.10@osu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M2VTP-0006HK-5F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2009 15:11:07 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M2VTN-0006GP-El for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2009 15:11:06 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50844 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M2VTN-0006GI-88 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2009 15:11:05 -0400 Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.44.152]:21046) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M2VTM-0007qO-Vd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 08 May 2009 15:11:05 -0400 Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 3so892030yxi.66 for ; Fri, 08 May 2009 12:11:03 -0700 (PDT) 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 I've tried searching around, and can't find an answer to this: I only come here as a last resort. I'm a PhD candidate in English literature, trying to break free from the crappy tools that proliferate among humanists. My advisor and committee are all incorrigible Microsoft Word users -- there's no chance that they'll ever switch. I'd rather use emacs, and specifically org, for my dissertation. But I need to regularly send drafts to my committee. In the past, I've used PDFs (created in org via LaTeX), which works fine from my perspective, but I've detected some grumbling from the Microsoft Word users. They want me to fit in with the rest of the crowd and send them Word docs, too. Before org, I used MultiMarkdown, which exports to RTF. Since discovering the more robust org-mode, I've wished I could do the same. The fact is, I probably *can* do the same, but simply lack the know-how. Can anyone help me out? I suspect that docbook is the key, but I've tried to find an answer there and am flummoxed by the docbook documentation. Plus, if possible I'd like to have this be a simple process: if possible I'd like to have a straightforward C-c C-e R and, voila!, an RTF (or wordml?) file appears on my desktop. I'm a Mac (aquamacs emacs) user running org 6.26trans, if that makes any difference. Can anyone lead me, guide me, show me the way to export an RTF (or equiv) from a working org file? Or is there a better solution I'm overlooking? --jw