RE: [MiKTeX] Back Conversion from .PS to .TEX
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From: Chris M. <mi...@ma...> - 2002-09-01 23:37:59
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> > How does one convert a .ps file in to a .tex file? Can one accomplish > > this ? If possible, how? > > This is not possible. A *.ps file contains no information about the document > structure (sectioning, footnotes, ...). The only way is copying the content > and reformatting the whole document. > Not quite true; it depends on the document. If it contains a high ratio of plain text compared to total content, then it might be worthwhile to use GSview's "Text Extract" feature. This will recover plain text (and some components of some formatted items) with a reasonably good degree of accuracy. However, formatted items (math mode, headings, tables, etc) will generate junk in the recovered file that has to be cleaned out and replaced by hand (as far as I know). Also, the tex preamble will not be recovered. (I've never tested it out on the references.) On the other hand, if the document contains a low ratio of plain text to total content, then (again, as far as I know) it is indeed probably easier to reformat the whole document (as suggested above). "Text Extract" allows for selecting which pages to extract from. Try it out on a few different pages of your ps file---some with a high ratio of plain text and some with a low ratio---and see what you get. Of course, first read about "Text Extract" in GSview's Help files; there is more than one way to proceed. Regards, Chris Miller |