Converting a Lyx document to MS Word?

Question

I've made several attempts of converting a Lyx document to MS Word , or RTF, and failed. I'm working with a moderately complex document, involving external includes ( Java code, Child documents ), formulas and images.I've tried* exporting to Latex and then using `tex4ht` but the OpenOffice file is not created (no context.xml inside the odt ); exporting to HTML and importing in OpenOffice Writer; exporting to PDF and importing using Nitro PDF;I'm now manually converting the Nitro PDF output, but it fares rather badly on formulas and code listings.What other options are there?

Answer 1

1. Install Pandoc:

Download and install Pandoc on your system. Ensure it's added to your system's PATH. 

2. Configure LyX:

1. Open LyX and go to Edit > Preferences (or LyX > Preferences on Mac). 
2. Navigate to File Handling > Converter. 
3. Create a new converter command by selecting "LaTeX (plain)" for "From format" and "MS Word Office XML" (or "MS Word") for "To format". 
4. In the "Converter" field, enter pandoc -s -f latex -o
5. o−tdocxo minus t d o c x
6. 𝑜−𝑡𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑥
7. i. 
8. Click "Add" or "Modify" to save the configuration. 

3. Export your LyX document:

1. Reconfigure LyX (often by going to Tools > Reconfigure) and restart it. 
2. Open your LyX document and go to File > Export > Office XML (Word). 
3. Your LyX document will be converted to a .docx file, typically in the same directory as your LyX file.