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A similar but related question just occurred to me. Is it possible to use Bibtex without using Latex, for example, to generate a bibliography for a text file or an RTF file?

This is going to sound like a strange request, but does anybody know if there is a way of generating plain text output from Latex? Obviously, the input is in plain text but this includes a lot of markup. I would still like my section headings and lists numbered, and my bibliography generated at the ...

Is there a way of exporting LaTeX equations as pictures for use in other programs (like those not-so-nice WYSIWYG) word processors?

That's a really simple solution - I really should of thought of that myself! Thanks, that really helped.

The example you gave does not indent the following paragraph, but the following slight modification does:
\documentclass{article}
\def\x{text text text text text text text text }
\def\text{\x\x\x\x\x\x\x\x\x\x\x}
\newcommand{\starspace}{%
\begin{center}%
* \hspace{1em} * \hspace{1em} *% math mode ...

I'm trying to make a command that adds a small space with three asterisks in to divide parts of a long document up without using section headings. So far, I have come up with:
\newcommand{\starspace}{%
\begin{center}%
* $qquad$ * $qquad *%
\end{center}%
}
which produces the correct spacing and ...