Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-03 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
That requires the use of Word. And costs money. el On 02/06/2023 17:57, Jack Lyon wrote: > LyXConverter does a great job: > > https://www.editorium.com/lyxconverter.htm > > Full disclosure: I wrote it. :) > > Best wishes, > Jack Lyon -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lis

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-03 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
Use the Ultra-Clean option :-)-O el On 02/06/2023 14:51, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: > >> Have you tried Libre Office and the Writer2Latex plug in? > > el, > > Thank you. I didn't know about that plug-in, which will be useful for me, > too. > > Best reg

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Jack Lyon
LyXConverter does a great job: https://www.editorium.com/lyxconverter.htm Full disclosure: I wrote it. :) Best wishes, Jack Lyon On 6/2/2023 6:54 AM, Benedict Holland wrote: I've tried it. If it works for you, I think that's great. It generated really bad formatting for me in my use cases, wh

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Benedict Holland wrote: I've tried it. If it works for you, I think that's great. It generated really bad formatting for me in my use cases, which is why I forgot about it. Ben, It's rare for me to need to transfer a Word doc to LaTeX. I'll keep the plug-in in mind should

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Benedict Holland
I've tried it. If it works for you, I think that's great. It generated really bad formatting for me in my use cases, which is why I forgot about it. Thanks, Ben On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 8:51 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: > > > Have you tried Libre Office an

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Jun 2023, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: Have you tried Libre Office and the Writer2Latex plug in? el, Thank you. I didn't know about that plug-in, which will be useful for me, too. Best regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listi

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-02 Thread Dr Eberhard W Lisse
Have you tried Libre Office and the Writer2Latex plug in? And, LyX (or rather LateX) doesn't use (multiple) blank lines. el On 01/06/2023 20:58, Matthias Schmidt wrote: > Hello, > >   > > I want to convert a Word docx-document into a Lyx document.  > > I have tried several online converters

Re: Import docx to lyx

2023-06-01 Thread Benedict Holland
>From experience, no. It is really not hard to format a docx to latex though. Really, you are only thinking about lines and some special formatting. Tables, images, headers, footers, and more make it very complicated. The formats are diametrically opposite. Docx keeps information on every glif on

Import docx to lyx

2023-06-01 Thread Matthias Schmidt
Hello,   I want to convert a Word docx-document into a Lyx document.  I have tried several online converters that convert docx to tex. When I import these tex files into Lyx, the result is reasonably okay, but all these online converters cannot recognise blank lines. Is there a way to transfer a