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Questions tagged [conversion]

{conversion} is for questions about file conversions, like converting EPS to PDF for the use with {pdftex}.

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How to convert a Google docs document to LaTeX?

I am working in a team with people who didn't know LaTeX, and while I would have loved to get them into it through shareLaTeX or a similar service, we don't have the time for this. As a result, we are working on Google Docs. But while the WYSIWYG is…
Evpok
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Tex to plain text or doc

how can I convert tex to plain text (txt) or doc ? I'm using texstudio. I have problem with characters when I coppied from pdf
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Tool for converting maths writing to LaTeX

I have a dream. I want my maths writing to magically be made into a .tex file so that I can edit it. I want to write my papers, my exams, my lecture notes, everything, by hand, then wave a magic wand to convert them to something pretty (and…
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From old paper documents to modern LaTeX versions

I'm more or less in the process of converting old (let's say from the 70's) paper documents into their modern LaTeX version. What I am doing is as follows: write the whole Latex source from scratch (very long and inefficient) scan the document,…
pluton
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How to convert office documents (odt, doc, rtf) to clean LaTeX?

[I know, this question has popped up several times, but let me clarify my situation.] I have to edit certain books and the authors send me their documents as .doc, .odt or .rtf files. I want to convert those files to LaTeX, but the only structure…
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Is there a quick way to convert Latex table to MS word/power point table?

There's a lot of data in these tables and I really do not want to copy paste it for a presentation. Can we somehow convert them to MS word tables?
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From Latex to Maple

I was wondering if there is a software or a package for Maple 18 that could allow the conversion from a Latex equation to a Maple-style equation. I searched online but I could only find the "opposite" (from Maple to Latex). Could anyone help me?
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Wiki to Latex conversion

Possible Duplicate: How to convert mediawiki syntax to latex? A couple of months ago I came across a tool/system for converting Wiki marked up text to latex. I did many searches with variety of different keywords, but I am unable to retrieve it.…
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IMAGE PDF to LaTeX Conversion

What toolchains are available to convert scans to LaTeX I am looking for a freeware way to convert PDFs (via OCR and other methods) to LaTeX. The scanned documents are in PDF form. have a resolution of about 300 to 600dpi. contain only few…
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Converting PreTeXt to LaTeX

Does anyone know how to convert from PreTexT files to straight LaTeX? I see on the website that it's possible, but I can't find the exact commands.
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Jupyter Notebook Latex Conversion Fails: Escaped $ and other symbols?

Trying to convert an R notebook into a (download as) pdf; the LateX conversion fails with this part of the error seemingly relevant: ! LaTeX Error: \mathbf allowed only in math mode. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H…
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How can I convert LaTeX text to a format suitable for a StackExchange answer?

I have written an answer in LaTeX for a question asked in cstheory.stackexchange. I would like to copy it into an actual answer to the original question. How can I do it? The main problem is that the LaTeX contains theorems (definitions, lemmas…
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β is converted to â in

i am using rtf2latex in windows 8.1 when i am trying to converting i got the following results: original content AUWDBE a) 95β992 b) 25β693 c) 3596β2 d) 35β629 e) 35β692 converted content %&pdfLaTeX % !TEX encoding = UTF-8…
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How to convert SGML to (La)Tex

I find a great open source book -- Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide, which has been published online in various formats but LaTex. Although it comes with an compiled PDF version, I prefer to compile myself from Tex file, in part because that PDF is…
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How do I disable wrapping (for easy conversion to text)?

I have a document that contains formatting macros. That document includes a document that contains the content. I'd like to be able to create a second document that redefines the formatting macros so that the resulting PDF can be converted to plain…
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