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rtf2latex2e

The contents of this page are excerpts from the rtf2latex2e homepage (external link) which however isn't available any longer on Dec. 13, 2001.

rtf2latex2e is a utility to convert RTF files from popular word processors to the LaTeX2e format for those who give a damn about quality typesetting. rtf2latex2e uses the RTF reader (external link) package by Paul DuBois to parse the RTF code and generates an appropriate LaTeX (external link) file.

rtf2latex2e was written on the Macintosh and ported to most major platforms including Linux, Solaris, and Win95/NT. Building a real Mac application while still maintaining cross-platform compatibility was made possible by the DropUNIX (external link) application framework. rtf2latex2e is distributed along with the source code under the GNU General Public License (external link).

The main features of rtf2latex2e are:

• detects text style: bold, italic, color, big, small,...
• reads embedded figures: PICT, WMF, PNG, JPEG,...
• reads tables: simple to semi-complex
• equations: reads out Equation Editor equations
• symbols: converts most greek and math symbols
• reads footnotes
• support for use of the fontenc package
• converts hypertext links using the hyperref package

The latest version of rtf2latex2e can be found here.

(c) Ujwal Sathyam 1999