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DOCX Compilation

MergDown2TeX compiles LaTeX to DOCX using Pandoc.

How it works

graph TD
    A[Note] --> B[WASM Engine]
    B --> C[.tex File]
    C --> D[Pandoc]
    D --> E[DOCX File]

Requirements

  • Pandoc (inside container)
  • TeX Live (for bibliography)

Compile DOCX

Option A: Command Palette

  1. Open command palette (Ctrl/Cmd + P)
  2. Type "MergDown2TeX"
  3. Select "MergDown2TeX: Convertir et compiler en DOCX (Word)"

Option B: Button

Click the DOCX button in the ribbon.

Option C: Bash script

#!/bin/bash
# compile-docx.sh

INPUT="document.tex"
CONTAINER="mergdown2tex-env"

# Copy file to container
podman cp "$INPUT" "$CONTAINER:/vault/"

# Compile with Pandoc
podman exec "$CONTAINER" pandoc "$INPUT" -o "${INPUT%.tex}.docx"

# Copy back
podman cp "$CONTAINER:/vault/${INPUT%.tex}.docx" .

Pandoc options

Default

pandoc document.tex -o document.docx

With bibliography

pandoc document.tex --bibliography=references.bib -o document.docx

With reference document

pandoc document.tex --reference-doc=template.docx -o document.docx

DOCX features

Automatic conversion

LaTeX DOCX
\section{} Heading 1
\subsection{} Heading 2
\textbf{} Bold
\textit{} Italic
\citep{} Citation
\includegraphics{} Image
\begin{table} Table
\begin{equation} Equation

Custom styles

Create a reference DOCX:

# Generate reference
pandoc -o reference.docx --print-default-data-file reference.docx

# Customize in Word
# Use as reference
pandoc document.tex --reference-doc=reference.docx -o output.docx

Troubleshooting

Pandoc not found

Error: 

pandoc: command not found

Solution: - Rebuild container with Pandoc - Check Dockerfile includes pandoc

Bibliography not working

Error: 

Citation not found

Solution: - Include --bibliography flag - Check .bib file path

Images not showing

Error: 

Image not found

Solution: - Check image paths - Use absolute paths - Include images in DOCX

Next steps