latex2rtf(1)                                                      latex2rtf(1)



[1mNAME[0m
       latex2rtf - Convert a LaTeX file to an RTF file

[1mSYNTAX[0m
       latex2rtf  [-hlpFSV] [ -d# ] [ -M# ] [ -a [4mauxfile[24m ] [ -b [4mbblfile[24m ] [ -C
       [4mcodepage[24m ] [ -D [4mdots_per_inch[24m ] [ -i [4mlanguage[24m ] [ -o [4moutputfile[24m ] [  -P
       [4m/path/to/cfg[24m ] [ [4minputfile[24m ]


[1mDESCRIPTION[0m
       The  [4mlatex2rtf[24m  command converts a LaTeX file into RTF text format. The
       text and much of the formatting information is translated to RTF.

       [1m-a auxfile[0m
              Used to specify a particular cross-referencing file.  When  this
              option  is  omitted,  the  [4mauxfile[24m  is assumed to be the same as
              [4minputfile[24m with the .tex suffix replaced by .aux.

       [1m-b bblfile[0m
              Used to specify a particular bibliography file When this  option
              is  omitted,  the [4mbblfile[24m is assumed to be the same as [4minputfile[0m
              with the .tex suffix replaced by .bbl.

       [1m-C codepage[0m
              used to specify the character set (code page) used in the  LaTeX
              document  for  non-ansi  characters.  [4mcodepage[24m 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 conve-
              nience, 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  (west-
              ern european) character set.


       [1m-d#    [22mWrite  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).

       [1m-D dots_per_inch[0m
              Used to specify the number of dots per inch  in  equations  that
              are  converted  to  bitmaps  and  for graphics that must be con-
              verted.  Default is 300 dpi.

       [1m-F     [22muse LaTeX to create bitmaps for all figures.  This may help when
              figures are not translated properly.

       [1m-h     [22mPrint a short usage note

       [1m-i language[0m
              used  to  set  the  idiom or language used in the LaTeX document
              [4mlanguage[24m 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.

       [1m-l     [22mAssume LaTeX source uses ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) special characters
              (default behavior).

       [1m-o outputfile[0m
              Redirect  output to [4moutputfile[24m Unless an [4moutputfile[24m is specified
              with the -o option, the resulting RTF is produced in a file with
              .tex replaced by .rtf.

       [1m-M#    [22mwhere  #  selects  the  type of equation conversion.  -M3 is the
              default and converts both inline and displayed equations to RTF.
              -M6  converts inline equations to RTF and displayed equations to
              bitmaps.  -M12  converts  inline  and  displayed  equations   to
              bitmaps.  Bitmap conversion requires a working latex2png script.
              Producing bitmaps is slow.

       [1m-p     [22mdo not quote 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  dis-
              plays  some  formulas  with  parentheses  as  'Error!', try this
              option.  See also the -S option.

       [1m-P /path/to/cfg[0m
              used to specify the  directory  that  contains  the  @code{.cfg}
              files

       [1m-S     [22mUse  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.

       [1m-V     [22mPrints version on standard output and exits.

       [1m-W     [22mEmit  warnings  directly in RTF file.  Handy for catching things
              that do not get translated correctly.

       [1m-Z#    [22mAdd # close braces to end of RTF file.  (Handy when file is  not
              converted  correctly  and  will not open in another word proces-
              sor.)

[1mCONFIGURATION FILES[0m
       The configuration files are searched first in any  directory  specified
       by  -P, then in the location specified by the environment variable RTF-
       PATH, and finally in the location CFGDIR specified when  [4mlatex2rtf[24m  was
       compiled.   If  the  configuration  files  are not found then [4mlatex2rtf[0m
       aborts.  The configuration files allow additional fonts  to  be  recog-
       nized,  additional  simple  commands  to be translation, and additional
       commands to be ignored.

[1mCAUTION[0m
       The input file must be a valid LaTeX file. Use LaTeX to  find  and  fix
       errors before converting with [4mlatex2rtf.[0m

       The  configuration  files  [1mdirect.cfg  [22mand [1mfonts.cfg [22mare in the correct
       directory.  You may have to change [1mfonts.cfg [22mor [1mdirect.cfg [22mto suit your
       needs.

[1mBUGS[0m
       Some might consider RTF to be a bug.

       Some environments are currently ignored.

       Translation without a LaTeX generated .aux file is poor.

[1mREPORTING BUGS[0m
       Report   bugs   to   to  the  bug  tracking  system  at  http://source-
       forge.net/projects/latex2rtf/.  Only report bugs for the latest version
       of [4mlatex2rtf[24m 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.

[1mSEE ALSO[0m
       latex(1), rtf2LaTeX2e(1), LaTeX User's  Guide  &  Reference  Manual  by
       Leslie Lamport

       For   complete,   current   documentation,   refer  to  the  Info  file
       [1mlatex2rtf.info,  [22mthe  PDF  file  [1mlatex2rtf.pdf   [22mor   the   HTML   file
       [1mlatex2rtf.html   [22mwhich   are   made   from   the  TeXInfo  source  file
       [1mlatex2rtf.texi.[0m




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