MATHEMATICA IMPORT/EXPORT FORMAT

LaTeX (.tex)

MIME type: application/x-tex
LaTeX typesetting system and programming language.
Commonly used for typesetting mathematical and scientific publications.
Plain text format.
Describes the contents and the layout of multi-page documents.
Based on Donald Knuth's TeX typesetting system.
Developed in 1985 by Leslie Lamport as a special-purpose derivative of TeX.

Import fully supports AMS-LaTeX and other variants of the LaTeX language.
See the "TeX" reference page for full information about TeX export capabilities.

Import and Export Import and Export

Import["file.tex"] imports a LaTeX document and returns a notebook version of it.
Import["file.tex"] converts a LaTeX document to a Notebook expression.
Import["file.tex", elem] imports the specified element from a LaTeX file.
Import["file.tex", {{elem₁, elem₂, ...}}] imports multiple elements.
The import format can be specified with Import["file", "LaTeX"] or Import["file", {"LaTeX", elem, ...}].
See the reference pages for full general information on Import.
ImportString supports the LaTeX format.

Notebook Interface Notebook Interface

In the Mathematica front end, LaTeX can be pasted directly into a notebook.
Save As exports the active notebook as a LaTeX document.

Elements Elements

General Import elements:

	"Elements"	list of elements and options available in this file
	"Rules"	full list of rules for each element and option
	"Options"	list of rules for options, properties and settings

Import elements:
"Notebook" a Notebook version of the LaTeX file

"NotebookObject" LaTeX file represented as a NotebookObject
Mathematica by default uses the element when importing from LaTeX.

Options Options

Advanced Import options:

"InputPath"	{}	list of directories to search for TeX input files
"LogFile"	False	whether to create a log file for the conversion process
"OutputFile"	None	file to which to save the Notebook expression
"StyleDefinitions"	Automatic	Mathematica stylesheet to use in the generated notebook