Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 06:04:03PM -0700, TW wrote: >>> I'm going to be writing a political book soon and I'm not >>> sure what software to use to write it. >>> >>> I want to use something like Vim to write it, but, I want >>> to be able to convert it to OpenOffice/MicrosoftWord, etc. format(s). >>> The reason that I want to use something like Vim is because I'd be >>> able to make a more censored version of the book on the fly for >>> certain people to download (underagers, for instance). I thought >>> that latex would be what I needed, but I'm not sure. I thought >>> DocBook, but isn't that for documentation? I need something that >>> goes the whole nine yards, The Little Brown Handbook style (footnotes, >>> etc.). Thanks for the help. >> >> There seems to be a module that converts LaTex into just about anything, > > Can it convert from latex to odt format? I have spent quite a bit of > time unsuccessfully searching for something that would do it without > causing a lot of grief. Please point me to it. It would be a life saver > in those cases where people insist on receiving documents in .doc > format. Last time, I ended up making the document in OpenOffice and > exporting it as word. It was a pain (the writing part, not the export). > >> so I'd go with LaTex. I've never used or had need of outputting to >> Microsoft Word. If you need to distribute read-only to people, just >> make them pdf's from the LaTex. Or HTML. (either will do hypertext >> links from the TOC and note markers). Being a plain-text format, you >> should be able to make different versions (sensored you say) for people. >> >> Doug. >> >> > >
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