How it is possible to convert LaTeX document to Word (docx file) with all cross-references and labels for images and equations, tables by Pandoc? - latex

Question

I have a tex-file obtained originally from RStudio with bookdown. The original set of Rmd-files were deleted by accident.
So I need to convert below minimized correct tex-file to Word (docx file extension):
% Options for packages loaded elsewhere
\PassOptionsToPackage{unicode}{hyperref}
\PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens}{url}
%
\documentclass[
]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{iftex}
\ifPDFTeX
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{textcomp} % provide euro and other symbols
\else % if luatex or xetex
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}
\defaultfontfeatures[\rmfamily]{Ligatures=TeX,Scale=1}
\fi
% Use upquote if available, for straight quotes in verbatim environments
\IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
\IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{% use microtype if available
\usepackage[]{microtype}
\UseMicrotypeSet[protrusion]{basicmath} % disable protrusion for tt fonts
}{}
\makeatletter
\#ifundefined{KOMAClassName}{% if non-KOMA class
\IfFileExists{parskip.sty}{%
\usepackage{parskip}
}{% else
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}}
}{% if KOMA class
\KOMAoptions{parskip=half}}
\makeatother
\usepackage{xcolor}
\IfFileExists{xurl.sty}{\usepackage{xurl}}{} % add URL line breaks if available
\IfFileExists{bookmark.sty}{\usepackage{bookmark}}{\usepackage{hyperref}}
\hypersetup{
pdftitle={Simple document},
hidelinks,
pdfcreator={LaTeX via pandoc}}
\urlstyle{same} % disable monospaced font for URLs
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{longtable,booktabs,array}
\usepackage{calc} % for calculating minipage widths
% Correct order of tables after \paragraph or \subparagraph
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd\longtable{\par}{\if#noskipsec\mbox{}\fi\par}{}{}
\makeatother
% Allow footnotes in longtable head/foot
\IfFileExists{footnotehyper.sty}{\usepackage{footnotehyper}}{\usepackage{footnote}}
\makesavenoteenv{longtable}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\makeatletter
\def\maxwidth{\ifdim\Gin#nat#width>\linewidth\linewidth\else\Gin#nat#width\fi}
\def\maxheight{\ifdim\Gin#nat#height>\textheight\textheight\else\Gin#nat#height\fi}
\makeatother
% Scale images if necessary, so that they will not overflow the page
% margins by default, and it is still possible to overwrite the defaults
% using explicit options in \includegraphics[width, height, ...]{}
\setkeys{Gin}{width=\maxwidth,height=\maxheight,keepaspectratio}
% Set default figure placement to htbp
\makeatletter
\def\fps#figure{htbp}
\makeatother
\usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
% Avoid problems with \sout in headers with hyperref
\pdfstringdefDisableCommands{\renewcommand{\sout}{}}
\setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em} % prevent overfull lines
\providecommand{\tightlist}{%
\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
\ifLuaTeX
\usepackage{selnolig} % disable illegal ligatures
\fi
\usepackage[]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{bibliography.bib}
\title{Simple document}
\author{}
\date{\vspace{-2.5em}}
\usepackage{amsthm}
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section]
\newtheorem{lemma}{Lemma}[section]
\newtheorem{corollary}{Corollary}[section]
\newtheorem{proposition}{Proposition}[section]
\newtheorem{conjecture}{Conjecture}[section]
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{definition}{Definition}[section]
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{example}{Example}[section]
\theoremstyle{definition}
\newtheorem{exercise}{Exercise}[section]
\theoremstyle{remark}
\newtheorem*{remark}{Remark}
\newtheorem*{solution}{Solution}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
{
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}
\tableofcontents
}
\hypertarget{format}{%
\section{Format}\label{format}}
Read \ref{format} for details.
Or read \protect\hyperlink{format}{format}.
Formatting:
\begin{itemize}
\tightlist
\item
sup-script or power - x\textsuperscript{2} ;
\item
sub-script - y\textsubscript{3} ;
\item
strike through - \sout{strike through} ;
\item
term -- definition ;
\item
long term --- long definition .
\end{itemize}
Here comes \textbf{footnote} \footnote{Footnote text} with its contents.
Image with caption, see \ref{fig:image}.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{image.png}
\caption{\label{fig:image} Image}
\end{figure}
Labeled table is below, see table \ref{tab:table}.
\begin{longtable}[]{#{}ll#{}}
\caption{\label{tab:table}\\
My table}\tabularnewline
\toprule
\textbf{Col 1 header} & \textbf{Col 2 header} \\
\midrule
\endfirsthead
\endhead
r1c1 & r1c2 \\
r2c1 & r2c2 \\
\bottomrule
\end{longtable}
Inline: \(a^2 + b^2 = c^2\).
Block:
\[ E = \frac{mc^2}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}} \]
Labeled, see \eqref{eq:eq}:
\begin{equation}
f\left(k\right) =\binom{n}{k} p^k\left(1-p\right)^{n k}
\label{eq:eq}
\end{equation}
See LaTeX \autocite{latex} site for details.
Code is below, see \ref{exm:code}:
\begin{example}
\protect\hypertarget{exm:code}{}{\label{exm:code} }Hello world
\end{example}
\begin{verbatim}
int main(){
return 0;
}
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{references}{%
\section*{References}\label{references}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{References}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
When I try to convert it to docx using pandoc (2.16.1 version) command below:
pandoc simple.tex --to docx+native_numbering --output simple.docx --table-of-contents --toc-depth 5 --number-sections --citeproc --verbose --csl ieee.csl
(In the above command ieee.csl was downloaded from Zotero).
I get
and I see many strange things:
[fig:image] along with Figure with number;
[tab:table] along with Table with number;
[eq:eq] instead of equation number;
[exm:code] instead of example number.
Is it possible to replace (or suppress them for Figure and Table) above strange […] fields by correct numbers and links using Pandoc to get correct docx output?

Answer 1

This is currently not supported by plain pandoc, but you can use filters to get the numbering back. E.g., the resolve-references.lua filter in the OpenJournals "Inara" project does something comparable. You may have to adjust and extend it to fully suit your requirements.