Linguistics Word Macros

Wed Nov 13 21:42:12 UTC 2013

Another possibility is to construct annotations in TypeCraft 
(http://typecraft.org), and import them into the document one is editing 
- can be word, open office, or LaTex. An example of a TypeCraft 
annotation is seen on http://typecraft.org/TCEditor/1434/21014/, and 
using automatic export to word etc., the example will have the same 
aligned structure in the document, but remains editable (table format). 
An advantage is that such annotations can be reused.

Best,
Lars


On 13.11.2013 20:52, Sebastian Nordhoff wrote:
> I use latex2rtf. This converts most of the structure alright, but
> cross-references do not always work, and examples require 
> post-editing. In
> my view, this is still faster than using Word from the start. More
> advanced items, like subfigures or rotated tables do not work.
>
> latex2rtf will complain about "command not found" if you import packages.
> You can avoid this by copying the content of the package to the preamble,
> if it is short enough.
>
> Best
> Sebastian
>
>
> On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:13:03 +0100, Pat-El, Na'ama
> <npatel at austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
>> My experience is that conversion from XeLaTex leaves out footnotes 
>> and messes up some of the formatting.
>>
>> Na'ama
>>
>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 9:05 , Joseph T. Farquharson wrote:
>>
>> Have you tried preparing it in LaTeX and then converting it to Word? 
>> I haven't done that in such a long while so I cannot remember what 
>> the result is like.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On 13 November 2013 15:11, Kilu von Prince 
>> <prince at zas.gwz-berlin.de<mailto:prince at zas.gwz-berlin.de>> wrote:
>> Dear Don,
>>
>> as a (Xe)LaTeX user, I frequently encounter the same problem. To my 
>> knowledge, there is no truly efficient way to typeset glossed 
>> examples in Word, but at least you can use tables with invisible 
>> borders and optimal width to make sure that your examples won't 
>> completely blow up every time you open the document.
>>
>> Best,
>> Kilu
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Don Killian 
>> <donald.killian at helsinki.fi<mailto:donald.killian at helsinki.fi>> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm currently working on an article where the required formatting is 
>> in Word, a program I'm not very used to at this point.
>>
>> I typically use LaTeX, a word processing program which has automated 
>> features for citations, glosses, references, table of contents, etc. 
>> Once you get used to everything done automatically, the idea of going 
>> back to doing everything manually is definitely not appealing.
>>
>> Some of these can be handled in Word, such as the table of contents, 
>> but I admit that glossing is one area where I don't have any idea if 
>> it's possible to automate, and I'm reluctant to do everything 
>> manually. Changing the font or size can destroy layouts if you use 
>> manual tabs, and I know plenty of people who have spent immense 
>> amounts of time tweaking documents simply due to formatting issues.
>>
>> So, my question: are there any macros for linguists which could help 
>> speed up writing documents when you're using Word? Particularly for 
>> glossing?
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions you can give!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
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