Re: RTF and WordPerfect

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From: Brain in Neutral
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 22:49

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From article <Bx99w9.6nz@spock.dis.cccd.edu>, by markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Mark Bixby):
> In article <1369500003@igc.apc.org> azalea@igc.apc.org (Jerry Whiting) writes:
>>If it's truly RTF any word processor like Word or WordPerfect will be able
>>to interpret it.  As a last resort, I always try pouring something into 
> 
> Forgive me for being dense, but I can't find any mention of RTF in the 
> WordPerfect manual, nor can I convince WP to convert my RTF document by 
> flailing around in the program.  Specific page numbers or keystrokes would be
> greatly appreciated.

Macintosh WP from version 2.0 can read RTF (and write it from 2.1 and up).
Are you using DOS WP?  That might not have this capability.

Macintosh WP doesn't understand some of the special-character control
words, e.g., \bullet, \lquote, \rquote, \ldblquote, \rdblquot.
-- 
Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu

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