Hi Rob, On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Rob Oakes <lyx-de...@oak-tree.us> wrote: > LyX already imports/exports to nearly every other format under the sun > (through the use of external tools, I know), it seems like an oversight to > leave out the Word processor used by most people. If you really wanted to > get fancy, you could try and convert tracked changes and comments from the > LyX system into MS Word, or vice-versa. A more robust path for document > interchange with Word users would go a *long* way to helping LyX adoption. > I have several colleagues who would love to use it, but need a better way of > working with MS Word users.
There is already a registered converter for MS Word. It uses HTML formatting, which Word can import without too much trouble. Unfortunately eLyXer (using the --html option) is not used for this task, even though IMHO it produces better output in most cases. Of course you are never going to get good Math with an HTML intermediate step, but text and some formatting is readily imported into Word. Same for OpenOffice.org Writer. This is enough for many people. If you have any further suggestions please let me know. Thanks, Alex.
