doug wrote: > AFAIK, Microsoft can read rtf. Two people whom I recently sent odf to said > they > couldn't read it. I'm told by people familiar with MS Word that not all > .doc files > are compatible, there having been a change somewhere along about 1998 or so. > (I don't use anything Microsoft when I can avoid it; I don't need the > viruses.) > If someone know that MS can _not_ read rtf, then please advise.
I think MS Office should read (and write) rtf. If you don't have complex documents, then I don't think there will be a problem. But adding tables, footnotes/endnotes, headers/footers, pictures etc. may be a little unstable (you might get severe layout changes). As regards doc files not being "compatible", I'd take that with a pinch of salt. Certainly, not all doc files are the same, and there are cases where they don't work properly. However, as far as I know, rtf is less standardised and thus usually a little worse off. If you've made your choice of format (and used it for a while), please provide feedback to us. It may help someone in future. Regards Stephan -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
