Forced migration from LaTeX to a Word or word-like editor

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From: Madhusudan Singh (spammers-go-here_at_spam.invalid)
Date: 01/23/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:42:50 -0500

Hi

 Sorry about so much cross-posting, but I think I might receive some
valuable input from any of these groups.

 I am a Linux / teTeX user. Very happy with the combination, and consider it
far superior to the Windoze / Word combination. However, due to work
reasons, I have to write some of my technical documents in Word from now
on. All my future co-authors are Word users and for various reasons, do not
wish to learn LaTeX and its superior features. Anyhow, I do not want to buy
a new machine and install windows XP and Office on it. For starters, I do
not have the money nor any other use for that machine. Not to mention the
headaches associated with owning a windows machine (virii, vulnerabilities,
etc.)

 So, while staying in the Linux world, I wish to use Word or something like
Word (openoffice.org writer suggested itself) that would work seamlessly
with Word files. I tried the following :

1. OpenOffice.org. Looks promising. But I will have two requirements - that
it work with EndNote (the counterpart for bibtex) and MathType (I just hope
that I do not have to enter too many equations in Word or Writer !).

2. I downloaded the trial version of crossover office, installed it,
installed internet explorer (not for the dash of "health" it is reputed to
bring to any machine infected with it, but for some files it provides that
M$ Office depends upon). When I try to install a licensed copy of M$ Office
XP Professional, I get an error message about my CD drive not being able to
read hidden files, then I "fix" it (crossover office users will probably
understand what I am talking about), and then Office install complains that
some System files are missing, which process fails with a missing OSP3.CAB
(or some such darned thing) file.

Now, if someone can help me sort out either of these issues (preferably 2 (I
will obviously purchase a full version of crossover office if a way is
found to make it work with M$ Office XP Professional), since then I would
probably not have to worry about import / export stuff), I will be most
grateful and get down to the distasteful task of writing in Word pronto.

Thanks.

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