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LaTeX and Word describe documents differently. This page lists, feature by feature, what our engine currently supports, partially supports, and can't carry across. Every conversion also ships a per-file quality report so you know exactly what dropped.
| Feature | LaTeX → Word | Word → LaTeX | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Math Inline & display equations (amsmath, amsfonts, amssymb) | Supported | Supported | Converted to native Word equations (OMML) — editable in Word's equation editor. |
Math Equation numbering & labels | Mostly supported | Limited | Numbers render; \ref cross-references become plain text. |
Math IEEEeqnarray / mathtools macros | Mostly supported | Limited | Normalized to amsmath equivalents before conversion. |
Math Custom \newcommand macros | Mostly supported | Not supported | Simple text-substitution macros are auto-expanded; complex TeX programming is stripped. |
Figures \includegraphics (PNG, JPG) | Supported | Supported | Embedded when a ZIP with the images is supplied. |
Figures PDF figures | Mostly supported | n/a | Auto-rasterized to PNG for Word embedding. |
Figures TikZ / PGFPlots | Mostly supported | n/a | Rendered via optional server pass (QuickLaTeX). Failed blocks embed a placeholder + snippet. |
Figures subfigure / wrapfigure / sidewaysfigure | Limited | Limited | Layout is flattened; captions are preserved. |
Tables tabular, tabularx, longtable | Mostly supported | Mostly supported | Structure and cells preserved; column widths are approximated. |
Tables multirow, multicolumn, makecell | Mostly supported | Limited | Merged cells generally work; complex nested formatting may flatten. |
Structure Sections, subsections, chapters | Supported | Supported | Mapped to Word heading styles. |
Structure Lists, quotes, footnotes | Supported | Supported | |
Structure Cross-references (\ref, \eqref, \pageref) | Limited | Not supported | Reference numbers may render as static text; live cross-refs are not reconstructed. |
Citations \cite, \citep, \citet, \parencite, \textcite (natbib / biblatex) | Supported | Limited | Rewritten to inline author–year text (e.g. “(Smith, 2023)” or “Smith (2023)”) when the .bib file is included in the uploaded ZIP. |
Citations BibTeX bibliography (.bib) resolved to a References section | Mostly supported | Not supported | Upload the .tex and .bib together as a .zip. Entries cited in the paper are parsed and appended as a formatted, APA-style References section (journal, book, thesis, in-proceedings, DOI/URL). Custom CSL styles are not applied. |
Citations BibLaTeX advanced features (\autocite styles, sort, keyword filters) | Limited | Not supported | Commands are rewritten to plain author–year citations; per-style ordering, filtering, and localized punctuation are not preserved. |
Layout Document class (article, report, book) | Supported | Supported | |
Layout Two-column classes (IEEEtran, acmart, revtex) | Limited | n/a | Output is single-column; author blocks and page geometry are flattened. |
Layout Beamer presentations | Not supported | Not supported | Frames become sections; not intended for Word. |
Layout Custom page geometry / fancyhdr / titlesec | Not supported | Not supported | Word uses its own page/header model. |
Code listings / minted | Mostly supported | Limited | Code becomes monospace; syntax coloring is not preserved. |
Front matter Title, author, abstract | Supported | Mostly supported | Author affiliations from custom classes may be simplified. |
A note on fidelity claims
No LaTeX ↔ Word engine reaches 100% for every source. Fidelity depends heavily on your document — a plain article with amsmath equations converts almost losslessly, while a two-column IEEEtran paper with TikZ diagrams and a BibTeX bibliography will lose layout and citations. The quality report inside every conversion is the honest, file-specific answer.