cmd:ltx2rtf 

Info 

ltx2rtf-5-0.zip                          1094 Kb
Version 5.0, revision: 2.36, date: 27 November 2000- 22:08:40

mainly for windows user, w/ all sorts of .exe and .bat files.

Source 

http://www.tug.org/utilities/texconv/ltx2rtf.html
http://www.tug.org/utilities/texconv/ltx2rtf3.html
This description is of Sept. 1999, as of 2002.07.04 Thu.

ftp://ftp.lps.u-psud.fr/pub/ltx2rtf/

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/ltx2rtf/

ltx2rtf.zip  22-Dec-1998 07:00 1.0M
As of 2002.07.04 Thu.

Build, Test run & Installation 

Steps 

$ md ltx2rtf   # ! no root dir in the zip file!
  1. For linux, an executable is readily provided (compiled with RedHat 6.1), and a Makefile is provided.

Help 

Read carefully the text file: ltx2rtf.doc

Configuration & Twisting 

Make sure that the configuration files - direct.cfg, - fonts.cfg, - ignore.cfg, - config.cfg are in the correct directory: . either the same directory as the executable, . or the LIBDIR directory stated in the Makefile . or the directory stated by environemt variable RTFPATH.

Test Run 

in dir 

./ltx2rtf srsm-nt.tex

from /opt/bin 

cp ltx2rtf & its .conf to /opt/bin
$ ltx2rtf tongsun.tex
Segmentation fault
$ export RTFPATH=/opt/bin
$ ltx2rtf tongsun.tex
Segmentation fault

comments 

exp-macr 

 ltx2rtf DOES NOT expand macros. Nor does it consider \usepackage
specifications. However, the exp-macr routine (in F77) performs
expansion of simple macros defined (with \def or \newcommand or
\renewcommand) inside de given LaTeX source.
exp-macr original.tex expanded.tex

expands all macros defined in "original.tex" to "expanded.tex", which is likely to be fit for surbmitting to ltx2rtf. Besides, exp-macr also expands the \input commands found in the given original source. This means that specific macro definitions can be included in a separate file, included in the whole document.

exp-macr is not included in the gcc-g77 RH7.2 rpm package. Search on the Internet for "exp-macr" failed, as of 2002.07.04 Thu. All links are broken.

"http://www.tug.org/texlive/" does not release its CD content any more(?).

Overall comments 

  • Generally acceptable
  • Some bullets spread to 2 lines, but others are ok make the bullet and the content be on the same line solved the problem.
  • the width of Job experience table is not good, but the width of the top table is ok.

    delete the table width parameter.
    Error: Missing p-arg in array arg.

Working on tables 

Fails on multicolumn 

&
%\multicolumn{2}{p{4.5in}}{
Led a web-based ...
% \newline }

Removing '&' and uncommenting '%' will cause 'segmentation fault'.

tabular* 

1<<, >>
  \begin{center}  % put inside center environment
  \begin{tabular*}{0.75\textwidth}%
  ...
  \end{tabular*}
  \end{center}

Output taken from LaTeX name: ttt.rtf

Begin of environment: TABULAR*
/opt/bin/ltx2rtf: ERROR: Illegal dimension unit '' at line 0
Program aborted
2<<, >>
  \begin{center}  % put inside center environment
  \begin{tabular*}{5in}%
     {@{\extracolsep{\fill}}cccr}
  label 1 & label 2 & label 3 & label 4 \\
  \hline  % put a line under headers
  item 1  & item 2  & item 3  & item 4  \\
  ...
  \end{tabular*}
  \end{center}

Output taken from LaTeX name: ttt.rtf

Begin of environment: TABULAR*
WARNING: command: extracolsep at line 12 not found - ignored
WARNING: command: fill at line 12 not found - ignored
WARNING:  & not in tabular environment, ignored
WARNING:  & not in tabular environment, ignored
WARNING:  & not in tabular environment, ignored
WARNING: command: hline at line 14 not found - ignored
WARNING:  & not in tabular environment, ignored
WARNING:  & not in tabular environment, ignored
WARNING:  & not in tabular environment, ignored
Segmentation fault