I'm working on PC (XP) and had the same issue. I did save off as .doc extension
and MSWord was fine. It (Word) in fact prompted to load a converter to deal
with the 'guts.' I accepted and all seems fine.I was playing with saving text
files off in ASCII and a bunch of other formats. It works. But yes the file is
still read/displayed as text file.
Derek
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"Joseph J. Strout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 11:09 AM -0500 3/3/06, RBNUBE wrote:
>I realize this, but if you change the creator and type, it would still open
>in Word, right?
It would launch Word, and Word would be told to open it, which would
then puke on the file because the bytes inside are not what a Word
document would be. At best, it will display a nice error saying,
"This is not a Word document." At worst, it would actually attempt
to open the thing, and either crash or produce a document full of
garbage.
>I based my answer on whether or not *cheating* is an option. If he doesn't
>need a true Word document, but only wants it to open in Word, the true file
>type would be irrelevant.
Not at all.
> Styled EditFields are apparently saved as RTF (or a type of RTF)
>files on Windows and RTF files, and these, as well as plain text,
>open fine in Word.
IIRC, he's working on the Mac, not on Windows. You also mention
creator and type above, which also apply to the Mac.
But even on Windows, I wouldn't expect Word to be smart enough to
recognize that some file with a ".doc" extension is actually an RTF
file with an incorrect type.
Best,
- Joe
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Joseph J. Strout
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