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I'm looking for a relatively easy converter for tex to docx format (unfortunately I have a supervisor who insists on a word version).

I can get a fairly decent conversion using pandoc pandoc --bibliography references.bib --csl=chicago-note-bibliography.csl -o OUT.docx IN.tex, however, I notice it ignores commands like \citetitle and \citeauthor. This makes the word version look like it is full of typos.

Is there a way to use native biblatex with pandoc so that commands are interpreted properly using the style defined in the document? Alternatively, is there a better tool for creating word documents from tex? I don't care how ugly it looks as it is just for my supervisor. As long as the typos are mine and not the converters I am happy.

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Pandoc supports only a subset of biblatex cite commands (this is a known issue, cf. https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/2335).

supported:

  • \autocite
  • \autocite*
  • \cite
  • \parencite
  • \Parencite
  • \footcite
  • \footcitetext
  • \textcite
  • \Textcite
  • \smartcite
  • \Smartcite
  • \citeyear

unsupported:

  • \Cite
  • \fullcite
  • \footfullcite
  • \Citeauthor
  • \citetitle

How the output is rendered depends on the csl file you are using.

There are two general approaches how you can solve your problem:

  1. Rewrite all unsupported citations using the supported commands and/or manual additions.
  2. Leave everything as it is and convert the PDF to DOCX which can be done with Adobe Acrobat, Abiword, LibreOffice, and OpenOffice.
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It would be easier if you provided a MWE. Based on the info provided the solution might be to edit your source tex to use \cite{author} instead of \citetitle or \citeauthor.

Here is a MWE:

\section{Lorem Ipsum}\label{lorem-ipsum}

``Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet \cite{ref-chou2003interactivity}, consectetur, adipisci velit\ldots{}''

\section*{References}\label{references}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{References}

\hypertarget{refs}{}
\hypertarget{ref-chou2003interactivity}{}
Chou, Chien. 2003. ``Interactivity and Interactive Functions in
Web-Based Learning Systems: A Technical Framework for Designers.''
\emph{British Journal of Educational Technology} 34 (3). Wiley Online
Library: 265--79.

And render with pandoc document.tex -f latex -t docx -o document.docx

Hope this helps.

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