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> Once I create a LaTeX document I can easily convert it to any format I am interested in, including XHTML and Microsoft Word Document. Am I the only one who f
by nuclear_eclipse 16y ago
> Once I create a LaTeX document I can easily convert it to any format I am interested in, including XHTML and Microsoft Word Document.
Am I the only one who finds it impossible to convert a LaTeX document into a Word document without it looking like total crap? What am I missing? I build my resume with LaTeX, and have tried multiple times to get a proper Word document for all those idiots that don't like PDFs, and every time it looks like such crap that I break down and send them a plain text version instead...
- skymt 16y agoDepending on your definition of "total crap", you might find LaTeX2rtf gives you acceptable output with minimal manual tweaking. It works for me, though I'm far from a type snob.
- nuclear_eclipse 16y agoMaybe it's just my specific case, or that my layout is too complicated, but when I try using that, I get errors on the command line, and the output RTF is "total crap" by just about anybody's standards. It has excessive vertical whitespace, including bullets that aren't even on the same line as the text, doesn't have any correct fonts, and doesn't get horizontal spacing right either... jreese@mach ~/.../resume » latex2rtf -o JohnReese.rtf JohnReese.tex JohnReese.tex:4 Package/option 'oneside' unknown. JohnReese.tex:89 Unknown command '\fontfamily' JohnReese.tex:90 Unknown command '\selectfont' ... Source: http://files.leetcode.net/resume/JohnReese.tex http://files.leetcode.net/resume/JohnReese.tex PDF: http://files.leetcode.net/resume/JohnReese.pdf http://files.leetcode.net/resume/JohnReese.pdf RTF: http://files.leetcode.net/resume/JohnReese.rtf http://files.leetcode.net/resume/JohnReese.rtf If you can tell me how to fix that (I know squat about LaTeX and it's associated toolchain), I'll buy you a beer/coffee/cupcake.