02/14/95 --WW2TOLTX, WW6TOLTX, WW2LTXDE-- ======== These programs convert certain sorts of documents created using Microsoft Word for Windows into LaTeX format. They are at the test and development stage, and I make no guarantees; nonetheless, I have found them quite useful and I hope that others may too. The motivation for writing them derives from (a) my enthusiasm for WinWord as a sophisticated editor -- I use it to write all my papers -- and (b) the fact that while WinWord itself can produce quite good-looking hard copy, LaTeX is definitely superior in this regard (plus .tex files are more portable than WinWord files). This converter is therefore an attempt to get the best of both worlds. This distribution is a revision of what was previously called WINW2LTX, which I developed using WinWord version 2.0. A somewhat improved version of this package now goes under the name WW2TOLTX, while a revised version that works properly with version 6.0 of WinWord is called WW6TOLTX. DO NOT try to use the old version of WINW2LTX with WinWord 6.0: the results are unpredictable. The WordBasic macros which constitute the heart of this package contain language-specific cues, which means that the original versions of the package work only with the English-language version of Word. However, Wilfried Hennings has taken the trouble to prepare German versions of the macros, so that users of the German version of Word can now use the package. Please read the file readmede.txt for details. The packages comprise the following files: WW2TOLTX: WW2TOLTX.DOC Documentation WW2TOLTX.DOT Template containing conversion macros SOCK2.DOC Blank doc based on WW2TOLTX.DOT SAMPLE2.DOC Sample doc to illustrate conversion LIST2.DOC Sample doc to show conversion of lists README.TXT This file At the CTAN site-manager's discretion, these files may or may not be contained in a file named WW2TOLTX.ZIP. WW6TOLTX: WW6TOLTX.DOC Documentation WW6TOLTX.DOT Template containing conversion macros SOCK6.DOC Blank doc based on WW6TOLTX.DOT SAMPLE6.DOC Sample doc to illustrate conversion LIST6.DOC Sample doc to show conversion of lists README.TXT This file Again, these files may or may not be bundled in WW6TOLTX.ZIP. Changes from WINW2LTX: Aside from fairly extensive re-writing for WW 6.0 compatibility in WW6TOLTX, the current versions incorporate several minor improvements over WINW2LTX. Some errors in the LaTeX codes for some of the special characters have been fixed (and a few more special character conversions added); the facility of converting WinWord bulleted and enumerated lists has been added; and there is an improved routine for preventing broken dashes and detached hyphens in the .tex file output... plus other small fixes too tedious to enumerate. Allin Cottrell Department of Economics Box 7505 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA (910) 759-5762 cottrell@wfu.edu ========================== end of file ===============================