The latest version of Pandoc can now also read in org mode files
http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/releases.html#pandoc-1.12.4-07-may-2014
So perhaps the conversion of Org->Latex is no longer needed.

Chris.


On 14 May 2014 09:00, Vikas Rawal <vikaslists@agrarianresearch.org> wrote:

> >
> > pandoc -f latex -t docx test.tex -o test.docx
> >
> > I see Org has exported my "W m^{-2}" as "W m$^{\text{-2}}$", which is
> > not what I would expect in LaTeX. In OS X Pages.app viewing the docx
> > this appears as "W m". In Word it shows up either as just "-2" or "W
> > m-2". In Word, the Math shows up with each character as a box (the math
> > is just missing in Pages). In Word the figures are missing (they appear
> > in Pages).
> >
>
>
> First, you should differentiate between whether the problem is in
> Org->LaTeX conversion, or in LaTeX->Docx conversion.
>
> From what you describe above, the problem seems to be in Org->LaTeX
> conversion.
>
> For me, $W m^{-2}$ in Org produces correct LaTeX markup, and I get a good
> docx using Pandoc.
>
> Vikas
>