in my experience it will not work. time is wasted on converting documents from lyx2word and visa versa. a lot of time!
its a pain in the arse working in word, but so be it. a lot about this issue is already written in the lyx wiki and in previous threads on this mail list. do check it out! sorry, but thats the way it is, IMHO martin On 22/02/06, Charles de Miramon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom Tom wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am about to begin to write up my Phd-thesis and > > would like to do this in lyx. > > One thing that worries me is that the Profs who will > > correct it are working in MsWord! > > > The easiest way is to give pdf files to your supervisors. They print it, > mark it and gave them back to you. > > > > Is there an tested/validated way to convert lyx files > > to .doc? > > > > I have read something about lyx->latex->rtf->doc . > > This sounds not really promising, I guess all the > > layout will be lost?! > > No, the tex -> doc converters are today much more powerful than they were > a > couple of years ago and you will be able to keep most of your layout. > > The most powerful way is lyx -> latex -> oowriter --> doc with tex4ht > > The alternative way is lyx -> latex -> rtf with rtf2latex > > Tex4ht is more powerful with bibliographies and custom environments. > rtf2latex has a more limited set of features but is fast and easier to > use. > > It all depends on what you are writing. Create an example with the most > complex stuff you will be writing (math, tables, bibliography) and test > conversion. > > Charles > > -- > http://www.kde-france.org > >
