Last update: 2012/03/13
Writer2LaTeX, Writer2BibTeX, Writer2xhtml and Calc2xhtml
News 2012/03/13: Beta test release of Writer2LaTeX 1.2 is now available.
Writer2LaTeX is a utility written in java. It converts documents in OpenDocument format – in particular documents containing formulas – into other formats. It is actually a collection of four converters:
Writer2LaTeX: | Writer2xhtml: |
Writer2LaTeX converts documents into LaTeX 2e format for high quality typesetting. | Writer2xhtml converts documents into XHTML 1.0, XHTML 1.1 or XHTML 1.1+MathML 2.0 with CSS2. This provides standards-compliant XHTML and brings your math to the web. New: In addition, Writer2xhtml converts documents into EPUB format for reading on a variety of devices. |
Writer2BibTeX: | Calc2xhtml: |
Writer2BibTeX is a companion to Writer2LaTeX that extracts bibliographic data from a document and stores it in BibTeX format. | Calc2xhtml is a companion to Writer2xhtml that converts spreadsheet documents to XHTML 1.0 or XHTML 1.1 with CSS2 to display your spreadsheets on the web. |
Writer2LaTeX contains...
Writer2LaTeX – a standalone command line utility and java library
Writer2LaTeX – a LaTeX and BibTeX export filter for OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice1 Writer
Writer2xhtml – an XHTML, XHTML+MathML and EPUB export filter for OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice Writer and Calc
New: Writer4LaTeX – an extension for OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice integrating Writer with your LaTeX installation
The current version is usable for short and medium-sized documents, but lacks a few features for very long documents, see the feature list.
Writer2LaTeX is available under the Gnu Lesser General Public License and can be downloaded here.
1 It has also been reported by users to work with NeoOffice.