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The best (read "free") solution appears to be to save the MS
Word document as RTF format, then use the program
rtf2tex to convert to TeX. You may have
to do some conversion by hand once you use
rtf2tex. There is also a commercial
alternative, which I'll provide information on later in this
document.
There are no conversion programs on WAM or Glue to do
this; you'll have to download the source from CTAN
(Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) and compile it yourself.
This was tried on Glue Solaris 2.6 on 4/29/99 and it compiled
with no errors, but how well it works on any individual
document remains to be seen.
The source of the information is from the "TeX Frequently
Asked Questions" available at
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html, and the
source code for the package is available via 'Secure FTP' from
ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/rtf2tex.tar.gz
Once you download the file "rtf2tex.tar.gz", you'll first
need to unzip it with:
gunzip rtf2tex.tar.gz
This will leave you with a 'tar' format file containing the
source. To break this out into its component pieces, type:
tar xf rtf2tex.tar
This will create a directory structure in your current
directory of:
tex-archive/support/rtf2tex
Then, to make the files easier to find:
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mv tex-archive/support/rtf2tex .
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(Yes, type the period. Move the
source directory from three
levels down, up to the current
directory)
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\rm -rf tex-archive/support
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(Remove the now-empty directory
structure)
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Once you're done this, you'll be left with a directory
"rtf2latex" in your current directory.
To create the program, change into the "rtf2tex" directory
and compile the software using the make program:
cd rtf2tex
make
This will create the executable file
rtf2TeX (note the capitalization in the
command). There is a README file included in the source
distribution which gives tips on using the executable.
There is also a commercial alternative named "Publishing
Companion", from the K-Talk
Corporation. The cost is about $400. You can find information
at the Web sites:
http://www.ktalk.com
http://www.ktalk.com/pubcomp.html
on this software. Contact the vendor with any questions.
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