Using open-source tools for documenting research [LWN.net]

Using open-source tools for documenting research

Posted Dec 27, 2006 16:58 UTC (Wed) by Lea (guest, #42427)
Parent article: Using open-source tools for documenting research

I wrote thesis with latex and when starting to write an article discovered
that the journals in my subject want only Word documents with embeded
figures... (I can't imagine that learning to use latex could be difficult
anybody who is able to deal with science.)

Now I'm looking for tips how to write an article so that I could submit it
as Word document. Is OpenOffice Writer the best choice? Do you have
experiences with exchanging doc-files (which include figures and tables)
with MS users? Is there any place where to learn tips about using
OpenOffice Writer for submitting scientific article?

Thank you,

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Using open-source tools for documenting research

Posted Jan 15, 2007 16:07 UTC (Mon) by srbjunk (guest, #42772) [Link]

In reply to:

> Now I'm looking for tips how to write an article so that I could
> submit it as Word document.

Alternative A:
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Write it in LaTeX (or lyx), convert it to rtf using latex2rtf

You have at least a couple of choices:

* contribute your work as rtf (readable by Word)
* open your rtf file in OpenOffice and save as .doc (readable by Word)

Alternative B:
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I think this works as well

1. Write your document in LaTeX
2. Convert from latex to html using latex2html
3. Rename your document to .doc (ex: foo.html renamed to foo.doc)

This .doc-file which is actually a html-text, will trick Word to believe it is a Word-document. When Word opens it, Word discover it is actually a html-file, and will convert it.

Alternative C:
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Write in LaTeX, publish as pdf