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Article #1070Re: Rich Text Format
From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1988 21:21
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1988 21:21
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>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.
What, exactly, is lost when a Word document is saved in RTF? Please give
details, and workarounds too (if any).
If a Word --> RTF --> Word transformation results in a severe loss of
information, then RTF is not suitable for the tasks I have in mind.
--
Chip Salzenberg "chip@ateng.UU.NET" or "codas!ateng!chip"
A T Engineering My employer may or may not agree with me.
"I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's." -- Blake
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!oliveb!sun!chip@ateng.UUCP From: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: Rich Text Format Message-ID: <50069@sun.uucp> Date: 19 Apr 88 21:21:00 GMT Sender: news@sun.uucp Distribution: comp Lines: 22 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com