LaTeX in Word

LaTeX in Word is a GPL-licensed tool that allows equations to be used in Microsoft Word documents. The client-side of the program is implemented as VBA macros in the document "latex_in_word_[year].[doc or docm]" depending on version of Word. Different versions of this file are provided for different versions of Microsoft Word. This Word document contains the source code, implementation, and documentation for using LaTeX in Word.

Help Wanted

If you'd like to help keep LaTeX in Word operational, we are looking for somebody who can get the default Process_LaTeX server up and running on github.io. See the Process_LaTeX project for more details.

Installation for Windows

Simply clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Engineero/latex_in_word.git

and open the "latex_in_word_[year].[doc or docm]" file for your version of Microsoft Word. This document contains the macros needed, as well as instructions on how to use the service. You can delete any files other than the Word document that matches your version of Word.

You can also set this document as a template in Word, thus enabling access to the macros from any Word document that uses this template.

Installation for Mac

Note: the Mac version is still a work in progress and could use some love. In-line equations are not aligning with text very well, and the raw LaTeX string is not saving with the equation image as it does for Windows.

To install for Mac, clone the repository as above, and navigate to latex_in_word/Mac_2011. Copy the file getURL.py to ~/Documents/. You may now open the Word document latex_in_word_mac_2011.docm and review the instructions to use LaTeX in Word.

The Python script is a work-around for Office 2011's heightened security, and is needed to communicate with the LaTeX server. More information about the process of porting LaTeX in Word to Mac can be found in my StackOverflow questions:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17109947/adding-image-from-url-in-word-2011-for-mac-osx-using-vba

Server

A default server is set up. If you wish to run your own server, see the Process_LaTeX project repository at:

https://github.com/Engineero/Process_LaTeX

Complete license information can be found in the file "gpl.txt". Updates and additional information can be found on the GitHub project page:

https://github.com/Engineero/latex_in_word