Yes, that's what I've been doing thus far. I guess as a new-to-mac user I kind of fished around a bit and saw the different extensions.
Thanks so much again for your support. Randy On Feb 7, 2013, at 5:40 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
