If it is properly structured document and word 8/97 format then mswordview
will produce a well structured HMTL version, which presumably will generate a
nice LyX version via hmtl2latex and relyx. If these conditions do not aplly
then it may be better to try mswordview's "competition" which do not
understand the binary format.
word2x is amazlingly good at extratcing the structure from the text itself and
will write structured latex but needs OLE archive format understanding added.
A lyx output stage is on the TODO list. Release is currently held up by the
need to finish off a MS structure reading toilet roll generator for OLE
support (most of both this and OLE reading code exist but need finishing,
debugging, etc).
catdoc is a much simpler text extarctor but newer versions are more reliable
than word2x-0.005 (this should be fixed when word2x-0.o06 comes out and
understand OLE archives).
As far as I know no other software comes close to these GPLed options.
--
Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."
