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Article #1054Re: Rich Text Format
From: Brian Diehm
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1988 21:25
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1988 21:25
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>Here is a question: I know that Pagemaker, and perhaps other DTP programs
>as well, can import MS-Word documents. Do they -- or will they -- accept
>RTF? I hope so...
Actually, MS-Word and RTF are two completely different formats. Word allows
you to save your file in RTF format, but we have found that doing so will lose
some of the formatting information, at least in the Mac version. Should you
then convert that RTF file to DCA, you will be lucky to retain just the text.
--
-Brian Diehm (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
Tektronix, Inc.
briand@tekig4.TEK.COM or {decvax,cae780,uw-beaver}!tektronix!tekig4!briand
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!oliveb!sun!briand@tekig4.TEK.COM From: briand@tekig4.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: Rich Text Format Message-ID: <49249@sun.uucp> Date: 12 Apr 88 21:25:38 GMT Sender: news@sun.uucp Distribution: comp Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 21 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com