but, DEBUG builds save it always incorrect. It saved as a .dot format even named a .doc extension. and Microsoft Word cannot open it. And Abiword will use almost all memory to analyze when open this dot file. I don't know whether or not AbiWord will really save a document as Microsoft word format like OpenOffice. Maybe it's next step? ;-)
btw, I built AbiWord under Linux. It same as Windows. >-----Original Message----- >From: F J Franklin [mailto:F.J.Franklin@;sheffield.ac.uk] >Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 4:07 PM >To: sang >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: DOC or RTF? > > >On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, sang wrote: >> I am a newbie for AbiWord-dev list. Now I have be confused with >> AbiWord. I just want type some text and save it as Microsoft >Word Doc >> file. > >AbiWord's support for writing MSWord .doc is highly >experimental and is available only in DEBUG builds. In >non-DEBUG builds we offer the option of saving RTF with a .doc >file extension since MSWord seems able to understand these and >most people don't care about DOC/RTF so long as it looks like >an MSWord .doc file... > >Frank > >Francis James Franklin >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > `Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, Lead, Copper, >Jet, Diamond, Radium, Sapphire, Silver and Steel. > `Sapphire and Steel have been assigned...' > >
