Subject: Re: Microsoft Word (.doc) format
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 01:14:06 CDT
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Scott Bingman wrote:
> Martin Sevior wrote:
>
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Scott Bingman wrote:
> >
> >> I used to be able to save in .doc format in 0.7.14. What happened, and
> >> is it going to be reinstituted by 1.0. I've got a professor that may
> >> require that I send things to her in .doc format.
> >>
> >> Help me please, save me from being sucked back into the Microswift Vortex!
> >>
> >
> > No Problem!
> >
> >
> > Actually we've never been able to save in MS Word format. Dom hopes to
> > able to do this eventually. What we can do
> > and are continually getting better at is saving in Rich Text Format
> > (*.rtf) which is MS own inter-operable format.
> >
> > For professor who require *.doc files, export your stuff as RTF then
> > rename the document to *.doc. MS Word will read it fine. Easy :-)
> >
> > (Even easier to save as RTF but actually give your filename a *.doc
> > extension.)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Shouldn't this be a requirement for 1.0? At the very least a completely
> functional .rtf, headers and all?
>
Indeed it is. It is currently the biggest piece of code we need to write.
Cheers
Martin
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