Interesting. It might have been Text rather than RTF. My intent was to create RTF, but I could have clicked on Text without realizing it. Barbara
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Cathy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Barbara, > > I don't get any different result from creating an RTF and choosing to > view it later to viewing it straight away. > > Both are formatted OK. > > As someone else said, it may be the Word view that you are using - > but I can't get a mess through changing view either. > > Are you sure you didn't create a Text file and look at it later in > Word? Text doesn't hold the formatting. > > Cathy > > > > At 04:33 AM 15/02/2008, you wrote: > > >Sometimes we (all) tend to make things more complicated than > >necessary. I'm the queen of doing just that. After digesting all these > >responses, I now realize that my problem was very basic. When I > >created a report as an .rtf file, I chose not to view it, as offered > >by the program. (In my rush, I wanted to skip the step of just viewing > >it and get right to the editing, etc., so I could send it out--I > >always skip the "view" step with .pdf files, also). Therefore, I did > >not view, but rather saved it directly to my desktop as an rtf file, > >and then went out to the desktop to open it. That's where the > >formatting was a mess, etc., and even though I was able to save it as > >a Word doc, it still had to be reformatted, spacing taken care of, > >font changed, etc.). Maybe that doesn't happen for everyone, but that > >was the "mess" I was trying to avoid. > > > >Based on something I saw in a reply, I decided to try a different > >process for creating and saving. Of course, it worked beautifully and > >is probably the way everyone else (who has a brain, not to be confused > >with me) was already doing it. The secret is to say YES when the > >program offers to allow you to view the .rtf file once it is created. > >Yes, it opens automatically into my default word processor (Word), and > >the formatting is beautiful, and I can choose then to save it as a > >.doc file. > > > >So simple when following the steps this way. Not so simple when you > >choose to just save as .rtf and not allow Legacy to open the newly > >created rtf file. > > > >Being verbose here, I know, but maybe this will help others who may be > >doing the same thing I was. > > > >Thanks, All. > >Barbara > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
