Hi On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 06:33 -0700, tracey002 wrote:
> Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > Since then I always make sure no RTF files comes near me ever. > > I have all due respect for your opinion and choice and I am glad you have > the option to do that. > > I had never thought of saving all documents in RTF (maybe not a bad idea), > but I do find RTF very useful for the purpose for which it was designed: > portability. > I have used RTF to send Documents and Data/Reports to recipients with > diverse Office-Applications that did NOT have a choice with the > Office-Application they were using (so I have successfully used RTF for > portability). > > > Sean Burke in RTF Pocket Guide wrote: > > For no really good reason, support for these RTF character sets is > > perfiect in some word processors, almost perfect in others..., and shoddy > > in others... > > The capability of applications that state or imply RTF functionality is not > a reflection of RTF, but on the competence (hence professionalism) of the > developers that implement the Open/Import and Save-As/Export routines. > > This is true of *all* software: that includes the Microsoft Word Veiwer 2003 > that has problems correctly displaying the Word2002RTFSpec.doc. > > Just FYI, Tracey > I normally do NOT use a screw driver as a substitute for a hammer, but I > have used a heavy duty screw driver to pound the lid back on a paint can. > I am not upset that screwdrivers are not hammers. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/RTF-support-tp3114703p3121621.html > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > One problem with RTF is MS has different versions of the specification, generally released when a new version of MSO comes out. If your software does not read the newer versions, which I believe is the default for the latest MSO version you may get garbled importing on occasion. -- Jay Lozier jsloz...@gmail.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
