3 Replies Latest reply: Oct 17, 2013 4:14 PM by alexlaurin RSS

    How to handle TeX/LaTeX equations in InDesign?

    Praveen10 Community Member

      Hi All,

       

      I've recd. a request to handle one of the title already done in LaTeX software in InDesign, for this I need to do the below tasks:

       

      (1) Need to convert the LaTeX data to load in InDesign

      (2) Need to convert the equations done with LaTeX coding as equation objects in InDesign

      (3) Need to retain the LaTeX links to work in InDesign, so that while generating the PDF, these links should be worked

       

      So pl. give me your suggestions to handle the above mentioned tasks. I know I can use the third-party tool called 'MathMagic' to handle point 2 (but this tool seems expensive), but I need to know whether any other easy methods to handle. I'm using InDesign - CS3 (Windows)

       

      Thanks,

       

      Praveen

        • 1. Re: How to handle TeX/LaTeX equations in InDesign?
          P Spier CommunityMVP

          I don't mean to pick on you, here, but why do so many people seem to think that complex conversion utilities for specialized formats should be available at little or no cost? This is not a trivial task.

           

          Have you searched the forum for LaTex? I'm sure you'll find a great deal of advice about how to proceed, or about the impossibility of the task.

          • 2. Re: How to handle TeX/LaTeX equations in InDesign?
            Praveen10 Community Member

            Hi Peter,

             

            Thanks for the response.

             

            For points 1 and 3, I decided to convert the LaTeX contents to XML to fix the linking using automation thro' JS. For point 2, I'm still studying to find a solution and since this is the first time we've recd. this request, we're not ready to invest for one title.

             

            Thanks again,

             

            Praveen

            • 3. Re: How to handle TeX/LaTeX equations in InDesign?
              alexlaurin Community Member

              A simple and free (read dirty) way to do this, assuming you also have illustrator, is to install the LaTex fonts (CMU suite) on Illustrator, or better yet, on your machine.They are freeware, as everything Tex. You can then link to the Illustrator file. The caviat is that your text is now conceived as images in InDesign, but you can change the size of your font in Illustrator to match you document.