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Article #1685Re: RTF: Mac Word vs NeXT
From: simsong Simson L. Garfinkel
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 13:05
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 13:05
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In article <1992Apr3.161444.23365@cubetech.com> andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern) writes: > In article <MdqhfP_00Uh700tEY6@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > > I noticed that MS Word saves in RTF. But this is a different format > > than the ansi standard NeXT uses. Is there any way to convert between > > the two? > > RTF isn't an ANSI standard... RTF is a Microsoft standard. NeXT is the one > that implements nonstandard RTF. > Actually, they implement the same standard. The problem is that NeXT uses PostScript mappings for high-bit-8 characters, while MS Word uses Macintosh mappings. -simson -- ................................................................simson
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!next.cambridge.ma.us!simsong From: simsong (Simson L. Garfinkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: RTF: Mac Word vs NeXT Message-ID: <1992Apr16.130548.5517@next.cambridge.ma.us> Date: 16 Apr 92 13:05:48 GMT References: <1992Apr3.161444.23365@cubetech.com> Sender: simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us Reply-To: simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us Organization: NeXTWORLD Magazine Lines: 18