On Jan 1, 2011, at 8:05 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > paul stenquist wrote: > >> On Jan 1, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> Pages imports and exports Word .DOC files or .RTF files. They work >>> perfectly in Word. The technical writing I'm doing now requires either >>> the company's home-grown editing suite or plain text. I distribute >>> articles and other collateral produced for pay with Acrobat PDF files >>> (exported from Pages). I have no need of Word. >> >> The Times wouldn't accept PDF files, nor would most of the other pubs I work >> for. They want a Word doc that opens in Word. But if you don't need it, >> that's fine. > > If you save in RTF format and change the file extension (not the > actual format) to .doc you'll find Word opens it without so much as a > hiccup. > > (BTW: I'm using Word 97. There's nothing I need a word processor to do > that it can't do. In fact, I'd still be using Word 95 except that it > doesn't support the mouse scroll wheel.) > I'm using Word 2004. It works fine, but won't open .docx files, which are becoming more common. There is a conversion utility that I use, but it's time consuming. I'll probably upgrade soon. Don't want to, but business comes first. Paul > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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