How to use the ctl extension with docx to solve the ctl problem and more

[vivian-ji]

Hi, I have encountered the same problems as other users with strange conversions from docx due to ctl ("complex text layout") (rif. #6514, but also issues as: #6501, #6452 and #6419).

I tried the latest official version from brew (version 2.10.1):

brew install pandoc
pandoc -f docx+styles-ctl -t html example.docx -o example.html

Result: unknown extension: ctl

I thought that the changes of @lierdakil to #6514 hadn't been published yet, so I tried both via git and via zip.

From repository of @lierdakil (version 2.10):

git clone -b docx-ctl-flag https://github.com/lierdakil/pandoc
cd pandoc
stack setup
stack install
/Users/vivian/.local/bin/pandoc -f docx+styles-ctl -t html example.docx -o example.html

Result: unknown extension: ctl

From zip (version 2.10):

unzip pandoc-docx-ctl-flag.zip
cd pandoc-docx-ctl-flag
stack setup
stack install
/Users/vivian/.local/bin/pandoc -f docx+styles-ctl -t html example.docx -o example.html

Result: unknown extension: ctl

How can I do? Am I wrong something?
When will this extension be included in the official version?

Thanks

[mb21]

Sounds like you're referring to this comment? you can try the link in that comment: https://github.com/lierdakil/pandoc/archive/docx-ctl-flag.zip

Or try the newest pandoc version, see https://pandoc.org/installing.html

For future questions, please use the pandoc-discuss mailing list instead of this issue tracker. Thanks!