On Jul 20, 2010, at 2:55 PM, James Therrault wrote: > Certainly, RTF does provide even the novice user with pretty good type > control but it never did really fit my needs and of course it wasn't > available to Mac users until later. >
RTF was supported on the Mac as of Word 3 iirc, and I know for a fact that I opened RTF docs using WriteNow back in the OS 7 days; that's how I transferred things from Word on the PC's at work. > There needs to be an emphasis on the difference between word processing and > true desktop publishing. Or in my case formatting database query results plus static text into downloadable RTF documents accessed via Perl CGI scripts. :-) I'm also doing PDF on the fly for documents that don't need to be modified, also programmatically via perl. But you're correct: RTF is a word processing interoperability format, not a desktop publishing format. RTF files retain simple formatting, table structures, etc, but the same file can look wildly different in different programs. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
