From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: regcl Subject: Re: How to write medical journal articles with org-mode Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:04:24 -0500 Message-ID: <87fvoia30n.fsf@channing.harvard.edu> References: <877g9vccm7.fsf@channing.harvard.edu> <87mwiqk23w.wl%egh@e6h.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41436) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W5K9z-0004uF-Cd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:05:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W5K9s-0004hD-PI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:05:23 -0500 Received: from mail-qc0-f178.google.com ([209.85.216.178]:55153) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W5K9s-0004h8-LM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:05:16 -0500 Received: by mail-qc0-f178.google.com with SMTP id m20so6177229qcx.37 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:05:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87mwiqk23w.wl%egh@e6h.org> (Erik Hetzner's message of "Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:13:55 -0800") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Cc: Erik Hetzner Erik Hetzner writes: > At Mon, 20 Jan 2014 02:54:08 -0500, > regcl wrote: >> >> 3) How do I get references into MS word? >> > Hi George, > > For question 3, you might have a look at pandoc > (http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/), which can convert from markdown > to docx (MS Word) with citation support. You might find it simpler to > export from org-mode to markdown and use pandoc to produce your docx > files, thus saving some steps above. > > best, Erik Hi Erik, Thank you for the suggestion. WRT this approach, I see that Rick Frankel has said ... > From: Rick Frankel > Subject: Re: [O] Org Table Export to Markdown Table Question > Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:58:37 -0500 > > > On 2014-01-08 15:41, Aric wrote: > > I am trying to use org-mode now with R code in it to write > > manuscripts. That does unfortunately mean that it must be eventually > > exported to some doc format. I have been able to export to markdown and > > everything looks good in markdown (even previewed on github) with the > > exception of latex code which is not converted. However, using pandoc to > > convert the markdown to docx, the tables are not converted properly (all > > a single column). > > I'm not sure why you are using markdown as an intermediate file > format. Org will export to latex, pdf (via latex) and openoffice odt > (which can be exported from open/libre office to doc/docx.). > > Both the above exporters are much more mature that the markdown > exporter. > > rick > ... which makes me wonder... Has anyone out there tried this for a journal manuscript with figures, tables, and citations? If I want go with pandoc, would I be ahead to do ... org > latex > pandoc > docx ? Thanks, George