From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 27 15:55:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA15765 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:55:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA15749 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:55:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA01096; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:54:58 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980128105457.48663@welearn.com.au> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 10:54:57 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Greg Lehey Cc: Jay Nelson , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: How do I read RTF ("Rich Text Format")? References: <19980123132310.09667@lemis.com> <19980128005502.23616@welearn.com.au> <19980128095146.60495@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19980128095146.60495@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 09:51:46AM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jan 28, 1998 at 09:51:46AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > > StarOffice and a .doc file might be the best way if it's the bad-RTF > > Word. > > I couldn't get StarOffice to even look at the document. Didn't I say > that in my original message. Lemme try that again :-) It could be because the RTF was produced by the version of Word which doesn't do proper RTF (Word 6 or 7?). In that case, if you want to read it in StarOffice you'd be better off asking for a file in its original Word (*.doc) format. -- Regards, -*Sue*-