Timberlake Software - Chikrii Softlab (Word2TeX and TeX2Word)

Chikrii Softlab produces two tools for those requiring to publish or convert LaTeX formatted text. They complement well PCTeX and Mathtype.

Word2TeX is a converter designed to be used with Microsoft Word. It enables Microsoft Word to save documents in LaTeX format. This gives the opportunity to convert existing Microsoft Word documents to LaTeX and to create new LaTeX documents right in your mainstream word processor rather than requiring a completely separate editing environment. Using Word2TeX in conjunction with Microsoft Word, you can easily create articles, technical reports, research papers, dissertations and even entire books for such hard and not always comfortable markup-based system as LaTeX. It doesn't, in fact, require that one even learn LaTeX in order to publish LaTeX papers, and so can save students and other newcomers to scientific publishing the long climb up the LaTeX learning curve and also can help LaTeX experts to save their time. Instead of inputting LaTeX commands, you can simply use Mathtype (or equation editor) in Microsoft Word to create equations and you easily click and point to insert a picture or to make a table (for more detailed information please click here). Then you can convert your document into LaTeX format with the help of Word2TeX. Thus, Word2TeX leverages your investment in Microsoft Word.

This is what PCTeX website says: "Word2TeX converts Microsoft Word documents to LaTeX format. Existing Word documents, as well as new documents, may be converted to LaTeX format, and then typeset using PCTeX to produce a professional-looking document".

TeX2Word is a converter designed to be used with Microsoft Word. It enables Microsoft Word to open documents in TeX format (this includes any TeX-based formats like LaTeX, etc.). This gives the opportunity to import existing TeX documents to Microsoft Word. TeX2Word is based on Chikrii Softlab pseudoTeX technology and this means that virtually any existing TeX/LaTeX package can be supported by TeX2Word. TeX2Word has open-architecture and provides everyone with opportunity to customize it for personal or business needs. Click here for more information.

This is what PCTeX website says: "TeX2Word is a converter used with Microsoft Word which enables it to open documents in TeX format -- this includes any TeX-based formats such as LaTeX, Plain TeX, etc."