latex2rtf - Convert a LaTeX file to an RTF file
latex2rtf [-hlpFSVW] [ -d# ] [ -D# ] [ -M# ] [ -se#] [ -sf#] [ -t#
] [ -Z# ] [ -a auxfile ] [ -b bblfile ] [ -C codepage ]
[ -i language ] [ -o outputfile ] [ -P /path/to/cfg ] [
-T /path/to/tmp ] [ inputfile ]
The latex2rtf command converts a LaTeX file into RTF text
format. The text and much of the formatting information is translated to
RTF.
- -a auxfile
- Used to specify a particular cross-referencing file. When this option is
omitted, the auxfile is assumed to be the same as inputfile
with the .tex suffix replaced by .aux.
- -b bblfile
- Used to specify a particular bibliography file When this option is
omitted, the bblfile is assumed to be the same as inputfile
with the .tex suffix replaced by .bbl.
- -C codepage
- used to specify the character set (code page) used in the LaTeX document
for non-ansi characters. codepage may be one of the following:
ansinew, applemac, cp437, cp437de, cp850, cp852, cp855, cp865, cp866,
decmulti, cp1250, cp1252, koi8-r, koi8-u, latin1, latin2, latin3, latin4,
latin5, latin9, maccyr, macukr, next, raw, raw437, raw852, raw1250,
raw1251, and raw1253. The default behavior is to use ansinew (same as
cp1252). For convenience, just the numbers 437, 437de, 850, 852, 855, 866,
1250 or 1252 may be specified.
The raw character set encoding prevents any 8-bit character
translation. The RTF file is marked to use the same encoding as the
default encoding for the program interpreting the RTF file. This is
particularly useful when translating a file written in a language (e.g.,
czech) that maps poorly into the ansinew (western european) character
set.
- -d#
- Write extra debugging output to stderr. Higher numbers cause more
debugging output and range from 0 (only errors) to 6 (absurdly many
messages). The default is 1 (Warnings and Errors only).
- -D dots_per_inch
- Used to specify the number of dots per inch in equations that are
converted to bitmaps and for graphics that must be converted. Default is
300 dpi.
- -E#
- where # selects the type of figure handling desired. RTF does not support
insertion of PS, PDF, or EPS file types. These figures must be converted
to a bitmap format and then inserted. One trick is to insert the filenames
into the RTF file and then in post-processing, insert the file. These
options can be added together.
-E3 insert all figures (DEFAULT)
-E0 no figures in the RTF
-E1 insert figures having RTF-supported formats
-E2 convert and insert unsupported figure formats
-E4 insert only filenames for supported file formats
-E8 insert only filenames for unsupported file formats
- -f use fields
- -f0 do not use fields in RTF. This is handy when primitive RTF editors are
being used to view the RTF output.
-f1 use fields for equations but not \ref and \cite.
-f2 use fields for \ref and \cite but not equations.
-f3 use fields when possible. This is the default and is most useful when
the RTF file is being exported to be used in Word. This retains the most
information from the original LaTeX file.
- -F
- use LaTeX to create bitmaps for all figures. This may help when figures
are not translated properly.
- -h
- Print a short usage note
- -i language
- used to set the idiom or language used in the LaTeX document
language may be one of the following afrikaans, bahasa, basque,
brazil, breton, catalan, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, english,
esperanto, estonian, finnish, french, galician, german, icelandic,
irish,italian, latin, lsorbian, magyar, norsk, nynorsk, polish, portuges,
romanian, russian, samin, scottish, serbian, slovak, slovene, spanish,
swedish, turkish, usorbian, welsh. The default is english.
- -l
- Assume LaTeX source uses ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) special characters (default
behavior).
- -o outputfile
- Redirect output to outputfile Unless an outputfile is
specified with the -o option, the resulting RTF is produced in a file with
.tex replaced by .rtf.
- -M#
- where # selects the type of equation conversion.
-M1 displayed equations to RTF
-M2 inline equations to RTF
-M4 displayed equations to bitmap
-M8 inline equations to bitmap
-M16 insert Word comment field containing the raw LaTeX equation
-M32 insert raw LaTeX equation delimited by $...$ and \[...\]
-M64 displayed equations to EPS files with filenames in RTF
-M128 inline equations to EPS files with filenames in RTF
- These options may be added
together to get different results
-
-M0 no equations fields in the RTF.
-M3 converts both inline and displayed equations to RTF (DEFAULT).
-M12 converts inline and displayed equations to bitmaps.
-M192 converts inline and displayed equations to eps files and inserts a tag
in RTF.
Bitmap conversion requires a working latex2png script. Producing bitmaps is
slow.
- -p
- Escape printed parentheses in mathematical formulas, as some versions of
Word (e.g Word 2000) have deep psychological problems with EQ fields using
quoted parentheses. If Word displays some formulas with parentheses as
'Error!', try this option. See also the -S option.
- -P /path/to/cfg
- used to specify the directory that contains the @code{.cfg} files
- -se#
- selects the scale for equation conversion, where # is the scale factor
(default 1.00).
- -sf#
- selects the scale for figure conversion, where # is the scale factor
(default 1.00).
- -S
- Use semicolons to separate arguments in RTF fields. This is needed when
the machine opening the RTF file has a version of Word that uses commas
for decimal points. This also can fix displaying some formulas as 'Error!'
You may also need to try the -p option.
- -t#
- selects the type of table conversion.
-t1 convert tables to RTF (default)
-t2 convert tables to bitmaps
- -T /path/to/tmp
- used to specify the folder where to put temporary files.
- -V
- Prints version on standard output and exits.
- -W
- Emit warnings directly in RTF file. Handy for catching things that do not
get translated correctly.
- -Z#
- Add # close braces to end of RTF file. (Handy when file is not converted
correctly and will not open in another word processor.)
The configuration files are searched first in any directory
specified by -P, then in the location specified by the environment variable
RTFPATH, and finally in the location CFGDIR specified when latex2rtf
was compiled. If the configuration files are not found then latex2rtf
aborts. The configuration files allow additional fonts to be recognized,
additional simple commands to be translation, and additional commands to be
ignored.
The input file must be a valid LaTeX file. Use LaTeX to find and
fix errors before converting with latex2rtf.
The configuration files direct.cfg and fonts.cfg are
in the correct directory. You may have to change fonts.cfg or
direct.cfg to suit your needs.
Some might consider RTF to be a bug.
Some environments are currently ignored.
Translation without a LaTeX generated .aux file is poor.
Report bugs to to the bug tracking system at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/latex2rtf/. Only report bugs for the latest
version of latex2rtf that is available. Please identify your
operating system.
If the program produces wrong output or does not work for you,
INCLUDE A SHORT LATEX FILE that demonstrates the problem. The shorter the
LaTeX file, the quicker your bug will get addressed. Bug reports with
non-existent LaTeX files are not welcomed by the developers. Do not bother
to send RTF files, since these are usually unhelpful.
latex(1), rtf2LaTeX2e(1), LaTeX User's Guide & Reference
Manual by Leslie Lamport
For complete, current documentation, refer to the Info file
latex2rtf.info, the PDF file latex2rtf.pdf or the HTML file
latex2rtf.html which are made from the TeXInfo source file
latex2rtf.texi.