My CV is written in Latex using moderncv. Whenever I need an updated copy, I convert it to PDF.
Unfortunately, some employers insist on Microsoft Word. This is a real pain, because I lose the beautiful design, and I need to maintain two synchronized versions of the CV.
Any ideas how to automate this?
There exist online services and products that claim to convert from LaTeX to MS Word. You could try one of those.
For example: GrindEQ or Tex2Word - I have tried neither, the first might just concentrate on equations.
Another approach might be to generate both LaTeX and Word from a common format - have a look at Pandoc.
I do not think that you will find a tool that does automatic merging between a Word document and a LaTeX document.
To at least highlight the differences between your two versions you could take two filters that cut away the formatting in both versions and then use the diff-tool to compare the content (i.e., the resulting plain text files). Then you can do the merging by hand.
On *nix it is as simple as this:
antiword cv.doc > cv-doc.txt
detex cv.tex > cv-tex.txt
diff -u cv-tex.txt cv-doc.txt
(provided you have the antiword package and detex, which would usually come with your tex distribution)
If you want colors in the diff, try this post.
