[UFO Chicago] DVI -> Word

[Nate Riffe]

The rest of the way is incredibly easy if you can get as far as RTF...
just change the suffix from .rtf to .doc and Word will open it just
the same.

Brian Sobolak said this (probably recently):
> 
> Is there a DVI to rtf translator?  That would get you most of the way...
> 
> Brian
> 
> ------Original Message------
> From: Jay F Shachter
> Sender: ufo-bounces at ufo.chicago.il.us
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> Sent: Jul 28, 2009 19:23
> Subject: [UFO Chicago] DVI -> Word
> 
> Here's a free-software question for you.  I did a couple of
> translations for a client (not a computer client -- I am a man of many
> talents, and much mystery), working from hardcopy originals.  I wrote
> my translations in TeX, and delivered the finished product to my
> client in the form of PDF attachments.  The client is now telling me
> he wants the translations delivered to him as Microsoft Word
> documents.  Needless to say, I do not use Microsoft Word, and there is
> no need to learn how to use OpenOffice.org, if you know TeX.  But the
> client wants Microsoft Word, and I want to please the client, because
> it is he who signs the check, and the customer is always right, and
> you should restrain yourself from telling him that he is an imbecile.
> I'm willing to give him the TeX files, but I doubt he wants them.
> How do I produce a Microsoft Word document from my TeX source files?
> I have looked for an OpenOffice.org tool that reads in DVI files, and
> have not found one.  Thank you in advance for your replies.
> 
> 
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