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From: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: Rich Text Format
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Date: 19 Apr 88 21:21:00 GMT
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>Actually, MS-Word and RTF are two completely different formats.  Word allows
>you to save your file in RTF format, but we have found that doing so will lose
>some of the formatting information, at least in the Mac version.  Should you
>then convert that RTF file to DCA, you will be lucky to retain just the text.

What, exactly, is lost when a Word document is saved in RTF?  Please give
details, and workarounds too (if any).

If a Word --> RTF --> Word transformation results in a severe loss of
information, then RTF is not suitable for the tasks I have in mind. 
-- 
Chip Salzenberg                "chip@ateng.UU.NET" or "codas!ateng!chip"
A T Engineering                My employer may or may not agree with me.
  "I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's." -- Blake

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