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From: denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Word format
Message-ID: <3513@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 89 22:50:19 GMT
References: <1682@plx.UUCP>
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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> in article <536@kosman.UUCP>, kevin@kosman.UUCP (Kevin O'Gorman) says:
> 
> 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

From article <1682@plx.UUCP>, by walt@plx.UUCP (Walt Novinger ):
> I believe that RFT stands for "Revisable Text Format, a format invented by
> Big Blue :).

RTF (Rich Text format) is a method of encoding word formats in plain
ascii, developed by Microsoft.  (Microsoft Word Reference Manual, page
313)

DCA RFT (Document Contents Architecture - Revisable form text) is a
method of storing files destined for later editing, devised by IBM and
made for the IBM world. (I beleive that it is EBCDIC based.)

Appendix F in my macintosh Word 3.0 manual describes converting
between RFT and RTF formats.
-- 
 William C. DenBesten
 denbeste@bgsu.edu