Tex -> PDF doesn't render well

[ab12gu]

So I am working in latex for a project right now (been using it for years now) and wanted to convert the file to docx.

I tried a online microsoft word to convert pdf -> docx, but didn't render properly.
I, obviously, tried tex -> pdf tex -> docx thru pandoc, but also didn't render properly.

• I was unsure the reason for the issue and some online sources said that it may be due lack of tagging in pdfs
• this applies to the pdf -> docx but shouldn't apply to tex -> docx
• so tried using https://ctan.org/pkg/tagpdf into tex but didn't solve anything

But what worked was the online source: https://www.ilovepdf.com/ to convert pdf -> docx

Anyways, especially since docx is just openXML, is there any movement towards making the tex->docx conversion more accurate? (I can also help on this route too!)

[jgm]

This is too vague to be an issue. I can move it to discussions.

[zoglo]

Offtopic 🙈 Might want to move that into another category as it landed on my feed (because of being in announcements 😁)

[jgm]

For tex -> pdf you should just use pdflatex / xelatex / lualatex.
If you use pandoc the document will be translated into an intermediate format that loses lots of information, then back to tex, and finally to pdf.

I am confused by your message, because you talk of tex -> docx and tex -> pdf. Which is it that you are concerned with?

[ab12gu]

Sorry for being so confusing. At the end of the day, I just wanted a good tex -> docx really!

• Sorry just reread my original message, I ment I tried using pandoc from tex -> docx!

I tried all these tex -> pdf -> docx and other things becuase pandoc tex -> docx didn't work well :(.

And yes to go to tex -> pdf, I use lualatex, and as expected, works well.

[jgm]

OK, that part is clearer, but "doesn't work well" doesn't give us much information. If there are specific things that didn't work, and you want to describe them fully, then we might either be able to suggest a solution, or explain that they're out of scope, or file a bug report.