Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb.ucdavis.edu!u545731798ea From: u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Greg DeMichillie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Word format Message-ID: <3562@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 27 Jan 89 19:28:11 GMT Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: lgdemichillie@ucdavis.edu (Greg DeMichillie) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 26 In article <536@kosman.UUCP> kevin@kosman.UUCP (Root) writes: >In article wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) writes: >>> Where can I get info on the format of MSoft Word files? >> >I'm not sure why you need this if you actually have MS Word. Word supports >a format called RTF (Rich Text Format) which they are happy to document for >you, and which can describe any Word document as a text file, without >resorting to binary information for anything except pictures. > Ah, but being able to read/write RTF is not the same as being able to read/write native Word files. If someone sends me a file in Word 3 format and I want to open it, it doesn't do me a damn bit of good to be able to read RTF. I would have to have the person go back into Word and save the file again, this time in RTF. Microsoft could make life much easier by documenting the file format. I just can't see that they would lose tons of business or money buy simply documenting a file format. ----- Greg DeMichillie Apple Student Rep - UC Davis lgdemichillie@ucdavis.edu AppleLink: ST0178 Disclaimer: If you've seen one disclaimer, you've seen them all.