{conversion} is for questions about file conversions, like converting EPS to PDF for the use with {pdftex}.

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What wrong in convert a PdfTeX file to XeLaTeX? [closed]

Originally I usually use PdfTeX to make pdf file. However now I have to convert a TeX file(in template aomart) to XeLaTeX(in template SLEN) due to requirements in template SLEN. Unfortunately it ...
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Displaying Latex files on tablets

I need to display short mathematical formulae on mainstream tablets. Presently, I type the equations in LaTeX, convert the LaTeX document to PDF, and then to SVG before displaying it. I'm sure there ...
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What software do publishers use?

I know I am not along in my frustration when converting my LaTeX documents for submission to publishers whose typesetters don't use LaTeX. For instance: maybe they only accept eps figures, which ...
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How to convert PDF to (La)TeX?

I know that probably no information is passed to the PDF when a .tex file is compiled, but is there a tool that can convert a PDF document to (La)TeX?
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Pandoc and docx (Word for Mac 2011) [closed]

I'm trying to use Pandoc to convert Markdown with LaTeX math in it ($\alpha$, etc) into Word docx, but every equation I enter comes out broken in the resulting docx file. I even tried using the ...
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Why is it so difficult to get good results from a .tex to .doc conversion?

I couldn't find a duplicate to this question and hope there isn't one. I'm not concerned with methods of converting LaTeX documents to Word Documents (I know a few). The question I have is why are ...
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Alternatives to bibtex2html

As the title says, are there viable alternatives to bibtex2html for converting bibliographic entries to HTML? I am specifically looking for some command-line utility allowing to export a bib files ...
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How can I convert the tables and math in a latex document to one of the markup languages supported by github's wiki?

I wrote some software documentation in Latex, but need to get it into a more lightweight format. I used pandoc to convert latex to markdown, but it did not do a very good job of converting tables. ...
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txt2tags and mathmode

How to create mathmode on txt2tags before convert to LaTeX? how to make $\frac{\sqrt x}{x^2}$ on txt2tags and convert to LaTeX? i search this question on the Google, without sucess.
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Why haven't any TeX->HTML converters been updated to use current web standards/style?

I think that updating these converters would help TeX stay relevant as a document processing language. In these last few years, web development has really skyrocketed. CSS3 has brought along a lot of ...
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Convert Title Page from LaTeX (or the resulting PDF) into a PNG thumbnail

I have written a book in LaTeX using TeXStudio. My title page, which is the book cover, is created using LaTeX source (including images in it), rather than drawn in a graphical program, such as ...
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About including svg into LaTeX or workaround [duplicate]

I am looking for a way to include svg image into the LaTeX. I know there are some discussion on this topic before and I think LaTeX just don't support SVG directly. I read few posts here and people ...
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Conversion problem using standalone and imagemagick

I'm trying to convert a table to png format using Imagemagick \documentclass[12pt,a4paper,border=8pt,convert=true]{standalone} \usepackage{booktabs} \usepackage{caption} \usepackage{siunitx} ...
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How do I make a Word file out of a .tex file? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Converting TeX to MS-Word for recruiters asking for resumes in word files Since some resume websites only accept .doc (word files). Now, I'm not a pro user, just have ...
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What causes latex.exe to be unable to import *.jpg, *.png, *.pdf directly?

Internally, what causes latex.exe to be unable to import *.jpg, *.png, *.pdf directly?
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Someone knows a xml2tex converter?

I've already Googled it, without concrete success. So, I'd like to know if someone knows a converter from XML to TeX. Something "simple" as latex2rtf.
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Is there any software that converts latex file to tex file?

I was asked to convert a file from LaTeX format to TeX format, so it could be compiled by TeX. I use LaTeX a lot, but I'm quite unfamiliar with TeX. And the file is pretty long. So I was wondering if ...
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How to convert HTML markup into LaTeX markup?

I have one input file which will be used for LaTeX and HTML (Java program). Input file has HTML markups like <b></b> for bold. <li></li> for list. How can I convert above ...
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From .tex to .doc format. Is it possible? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Workflow for converting LaTeX into Open Office / MS Word Format sorry, this can be a stupid question... My teacher wants a .doc file and I wrote my work in LaTeX. Is it ...
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Converting ConTeXt document to HTML

For LaTeX, I used to rely on htlatex, latex2html, or more rarely tth. I know that we can use XML with ConTeXt, although I have no experience with this, and that Pandoc let us use Markdown syntax and ...
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Inconsistent footnote size in converting LaTeX to OpenOffice.org

When a LaTeX document containing 2 footnotes — footnote #1 is plain ASCII, but footnote #2 has diacritics or other extended characters — is converted to odt (OpenDocument Format), the number in ...
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dvipng: limit cropping in a single direction

I know that -tight switch arranges the image size to include all the ink on the page. For this instance, however, I want to give a width of my choice and crop only in the vertical direction. ...
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Bad kerning with dvipng

I am using dvipng to render sans serif documents, and the results are especially bad. At the default resolution (100 dpi IIRC), there are some serious kerning issues. Here, I rendered with two sans ...
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Is converting .html to .tex file possible in Windows? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I convert HTML to LaTeX? I have one static html page with css style. I need convert this page to latex (.tex file). Is it possible? I need a good converter for ...
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Cross references and citations do not show in LibreOffice after htlatex conversion

When trying to convert a simple LaTeX document to LibreOffice/OpenOffice, cross references and citations do not show in the final document. They do when converting to (X)HTML, but this has other ...
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Copying LaTeX from a PDF

Is there a way to copy from a PDF to a LaTeX document? Whenever I do it, it copies in with weird symbols in the place of LaTeX commands for example: $$f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$$ copies in ...
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Translate string into TIPA

I am writing a project about phonetics using the tipa package. The problem is, I need to publish two separate versions of my project using different phonetic notation standards. When considering the ...
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Export beamer slides to powerpoint/openoffice-impress/keynote editable format

I usually prepare my talks using powerpoint/openoffice-impress/keynote, where I explaing programs, pseudocodes, etc. Recently I was thinking about creating text-only, code-only and pseudocode-only ...
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Graphing algebraic functions and converting to image (PNG)

My goal is to be able to generate, on-the-fly, a small variety of graphs--linear functions, quadratics, inequalities, multiple plots of each. Nothing more complex than what you'd see in a high school ...
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Can we convert DVI or PostScript into TeX?

Basically that is the question - if we have a DVI file can we get on the base on it the original TeX file?
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dvi to ps conversion problem [SOLVED: PyX graph issue]

when running dvips on a dvi (containing just a graph included via an .eps file) the generated ps file "drops" certain characters in the graph (decimal points in the labels on the axes and capital ...
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Converting LaTeX into Mathtype or MS Word format in Ubuntu

I need a lot of help here, and am not sure if this is the correct place for my question - but here goes. I am about to start (assuming I can get over this issue with software) working for a company ...
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Conversion. ps-->. pdf: text in gray!

When I generate the. Pdf from Ps with GSview, printing quality is good. However, reading the screen. Pdf texts are gray ..... and makes reading difficult. Nevertheless, everything is ok for figures. ...
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LyX: cannot convert .tex file, error occurred while running tex2lyx [closed]

I am having the exact same problem as the OP in this thread: Lyx: can't import LaTex file With the .tex file linked below (via DropBox). It's the submission template for the Journal of ...
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How can I convert the tex file to MS Word? Any good converter? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Workflow for converting LaTeX into Open Office / MS Word Format Is there any way or converter to convert the source code directly to msword file?
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LaTeXML and pdfpages [closed]

I can't find a lot of informations about LaTeXML here but I hope somebody can help me. In a LaTeX document, I use a \includepdf with the option pages. I have created a mystyle.sty.ltxml in which I ...
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Can an 'Abstract' parameter be passed to pandoc to create a latex file? [closed]

Similar to $title$, $author$, and $date$, is there an $abstract$ parameter that one can pass to a latex file from the title block? Example: \begin{abstract} $abstract$ \end{abstract}
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Avoid eps to png conversion using mk4ht oolatex

I have a big set of eps images and I need to place them into an OpenOffice (odt) document. I wrote a simple script that creates a tex file containing these eps images and now I'm trying to convert it ...
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How to get output in telugu

I would like to get telugu output. Here is the ttf-font http://web.nickshanks.com/fonts/telugu/ I would the following pasted code from this website documents. ...
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PDF Analyser or repair tool [closed]

I got one PDF that is resultant file after conversion and merging of 17 documents(few documents were already converted to PDF) however resultant file has been converted and merged using activePDF. ...
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Converting TeX to MS-Word for recruiters asking for resumes in word files

What do you do when you have spent considerable effort finessing your resume in TeX and a recruiter asks you for your resume in MS-Word? Do you: Spend the time to produce something that looks half ...
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Can I recover my .tex file?

I have lost my tex file but I still have my pdf, .aux, .bak, .bbl, performance monitor file, and my text document. Can anyone tell me if I can restore my .tex file from this? In any form? Addition ...
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Convert pstricks animation to SVG(+SMIL)

Inspired by these questions— How to convert pstricks animation to GIF file? PSTricks to SVG —how can one convert a PSTricks animation to an animated SVG image? SVG animation would be nicer than ...
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automated MySQL schema to LaTeX conversion? [closed]

I am documenting a database in LaTeX, and I would like to be able to update the table descriptions automatically based on the current state of the database. I know phpmyadmin has some functionality ...
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How much time does it take to learn LaTeX?

I have always used Word to write my papers. I am now interested in LaTeX. Is it hard to learn LaTeX? How much time may it require to convert my .doc to LaTeX (say about 30 pages)?
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.doc -> latex preserving font

This is a follow-up to Converting MS Word .doc to LaTeX by command line. Do any of those utilities, or any others, have a mechanism to preserve the font when converting from .doc to tex? I'm dealing ...
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Converting a list of words to a table

I would like to convert a list of terms like : A, B, C, D, E, F to a table like: | A | B | C | | D | E | F | or | A | C | E | | B | D | F | but without having to rewrite my table each time, ...
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Converting bib database into csv

I have a bibliography on a subject (don't matter what subject it is, there is about 20 different files and about 1000 records). I need to convert it into csv (or any other table format which can be ...
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How to export odt into latex? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I convert Open Office documents into LaTeX? Good morning Somebody give me old document in doc or odt format and I would like to include them with mine which are ...
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Extract year from parameter containing date [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I split a date? Does anyone know how to extract year from date in parameter of own macro? Namely, \themacro#1{...} where #1 contain either date already in ...