Sorry for my mistake. I just went into TextEdit, and noticed this. It turns out that this is a little weird, and I had never noticed this in TextEdit. If you call up an existing rtf file, then you don't get an option to change it once you have saved it out as an rtf file. However, if you press command n to start a new file, and you have never saved it out before, then you get a chance to save in Word formats of different kinds. So, if you have already saved out your file,. then you can select all your text, make a new file, and then save it out in whatever Word format you want. I know this is a work around, but it should work.
Regards, Gigi On Feb 7, 2013, at 4:31 PM, Randy George <george.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you so much for the information. I am a bit perplexed by this, because > like I said, when I create a new file, I am able to save it as a word > document extension. > > I appreciate the tips though. > Thanks, > Randy > On Feb 7, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > >> Hi there >> Changing an extension is actually very easy, if that's all you want to do. >> You can do that in finder by pressing enter on the filename going to the end >> of the line taking out the current extension, and then changing it. After >> you change it, press enter and then you will be asked if you really want to >> do that press the L right arrow, and then theon the choice you want. >> >> However, if you really want to make a doc file from an RTF file so that word >> is happy with the file, you can't do that from text edit. You would need to >> have Pages to do that. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 7, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Randy George <george.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> Can anyone tell me how to change the extension of a file from (for example) >>> a RTF to a .DOC file? I don't want to change the document at all, just >>> resave it as a different format. I see where I can change the file name, >>> but I don't see any way to change the extension. >>> >>> Thanks so much, >>> Randy >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
