org.openoffice.da.writer4latex.oxt/introduction.xhp About Writer4LaTeX The purpose of the Writer4LaTeX extension is to turn Writer into a frontend for LaTeX. By installing Writer4LaTeX you will thus be available to author well-structured LaTeX documents using (almost) the full power of %PRODUCTNAME Writer. The functionality of %PRODUCTNAME Writer with Writer4LaTeX can be compared to the application LyX. Authoring LaTeX files with Writer4LaTeX You can use Writer4LaTeX in two different ways You can prepare your documents with Writer as you usually do, keeping a few guidelines in mind. You can then invoke Writer4LaTeX to convert your document into LaTeX, process the LaTeX document and display the final result. You are free to create either a LaTeX document that preserves as much of your formatting as possible – or create a clean LaTeX document that will resemble a LaTeX document created by hand. You can use some special Writer templates provided with Writer4LaTeX to create your documents. Using the styles supported by these templates, you can easily create standard LaTeX documents using the opportunities of standard LaTeX document classes. For this initial version, templates for the standard LaTeX classes article are provided. More templates will be added later (report, book, beamer...), and you can also add your own templates. LaTeX import You can import existing LaTeX documents into Writer. This feature uses Eitan M. Gurari's excellent TeX4ht system. Note however, that this doesn't mean that roundtrip editing %PRODUCTNAME Writer ↔ LaTeX is possible. The intended use of the import feature is to be able to work on documents that were orginally authored in LaTeX. Before you start Before you can use Writer4LaTeX, you need to configure it. This requires that you have a working TeX installation on your system such as MikTeX for Windows or TeX Live for unix/linux.