Steps to bootstrap the TeX-ification of Microsoft Word documents:

1. Install from source (best option, at the moment):

    git clone git://github.com/chbrown/docx-tex.git
    cd docx-tex
    python setup.py install
   

You should have the main CLI script, xdoc, on your PATH.

2. Use Word to convert from .doc to .docx, if the document is not already a .docx.

3. To run it, go and find your docx file.

    xdoc original.docx converted.tex
   

4. As required, the script may also output a converted.bib in the same location as converted.tex.

It's rough, and still needs a lot of work, but it's better than copy & pasting.

The output presumes that natbib and amssym and friends are within reach.

• Shrink whitespace out of spans (non-greedy)
  • E.g., \emph{framework }that we should be \emph{framework} that we
• Cannot have math environments inside a naked sub/superscript.
• Handle styles in footnotes without breaking the footnote due to unstyled whitespace
• Read tabs that are surrounded by text at least as single spaces.

Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Christopher Brown. MIT Licensed.

Developed while typesetting for Semantics and Pragmatics (http://semprag.org/).