[texhax] MS-Word to LaTeX conversion program

[Juergen Fenn]

Tom Schneider schrieb:

> Ok, that's what I suspected.  There may be times when one wants to go
> from a .doc to .tex without any other files.

In this case you won't use OOo because w2l only converts sxw/odt to LaTeX.

> There was a possibility, suggested from what you wrote, that for some
> reason OOo had to write the ODT before being able to create a .tex
> file.

In fact, this is the case, but it is hidden from the user when calling
w2l from within OOo as an export filter. When applying w2l on the ODT
from the commandline, you have to save as ODT beforehand yourself.

Regards,
Jürgen.