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word2x

last update: Jan. 16, 2003

© D.P.Simpson 2000 (word2x "at" duncan.telstar.net)

Converts MS Word for Windows 6.0 / 7.0(=95) documents (binary!) to LaTeX, plain text or html, without the necessity to have Word available, also on many non-PC systems.

See http://word2x.sourceforge.net/

Written in C++

Environments reported to work include

• RS6000 running AIX (Unix)
• cygwin32 (win 32 Microsoft platforms)
• DEC Alpha AXP under OSF/1 (Unix)
• IBM SP2 (Unix)
• Linux (Unix)
• SunOS (Unix)< /LI>
• gcc on solaris (unix)
• FreeBSD (Unix)
• SGI (Unix, some hacking reuqired)
• OS/2 and EMX with this patch from Oleg V.Cat. Another port by Joerg Klemenz has a web page.

Environments reported not to work include

• acc on Solaris (source ANSI violations, fixes wanted)
• Microsoft Visual C++ (lots of problems, includng lack of alloca and incapable make clone)
• Borland C++

Further development in progress.

On CTAN sites, directory
.../tools/word2x
(The ... stands for a host specific base directory, which often is either "/pub/tex" or "/tex-archive")

This HTML page is part of the texconv pages.
Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 Wilfried Hennings
You may copy and redistribute it under the following conditions:

• it must remain intact and the contents unchanged; if you'd like to have something changed, contact me (W.Hennings "at" fz-juelich.de). Reformatting (e.g. from HTML to some other presentation format) is granted as long as the contents are unchanged.
• you may NOT ask money for it except a reasonable cost for media and distribution

Please also note the disclaimer.