> > You can use Wordpad to read the RTF, if your Word can't do it.
> > I use RTF because its functionality is 100% the same as DOC's one,
> > and RTF files are 5-8 times shorter than DOC ones, since DOC uses
unicode.
>
> No, you are wrong. RTF functionality is not 100% the same as DOC
> functionality. No, really, REALLY. Trust me here. Show me an RTF document
> that supports revision marking, for example.
> True, RTF files are 5-8 times smaller than DOC ones. This is because the
RTF
> files have 5-8 times less crap in them. Which in turn is because the RTF
> format supports 5-8 times fewer features than the DOC format.
I read in Word's docs that RTF can handle anything what DOC can handle.
That's all I know. I'm affraid revision marking is not the think I need to
make
a documentation for my software.
> > When I write anything which contains @, it is passed as e-mail address.
>
> I tried this. I couldn't recreate it at all.
> I tried creating documents in Word, Wordpad and Notepad and loading them
> into Word, Wordpad and Notepad. And not once did any of the email
addresses
> I put in the document have the stupid { HYPERLINK
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] }codes
Please don't call it stupid. Just upgrade your software and you'll see.
> You just said yourself that you have (and use) Wordpad. Why not use
wordpad
> to create the .RTF file in the first place?
> In fact, you could even load the .RTF file into Wordpad, select all, CUT,
> new document, PASTE, and then resave, to remove any strange control codes
> like { HYPERLINK }
I used Wordpad to create that file, then I add some lines in Word.
Now both Wordpad and Word shows that so-called stupid hyperlinks correctly.
I must say again: You have some old software (Win95 or NT 4?).
> When distributing documentation, you should always make sure that whoever
is
> receiving your software is able to actually read that documentation!
> Standard .RTF format is a safe bet. As in : what Wordpad does. Not : what
> Word says it does.
If you have some official documentation which says what is or what is not
"standard", I can use it.
>
> D a v e
>
Aley
