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From: jtm@ishtar.cs.cornell.edu (Jan Thomas Miksovsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: reading MS word docs in SuperCard
Keywords: RTF, Microsoft Word
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Date: 9 Feb 90 04:37:56 GMT
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In article <2443@ditsyda.oz> young@ditsyda.oz (Steven Young) writes:
>
>You could try saving the files as RTF Interchange format (one of the other 
>Save as... options) which contains parsable formatting instructions along
>with the text.  I have no idea where to get a specification for RTF interchange
>but it is certainly readable and would achieve what you are wanting

The Microsoft Word docs mention that you can get a copy of the RTF
file format by writing to:

Microsoft Corporation
RTF/Applications
16011 NE 36th Way
Box 97017
Redmond, WA  98073-9717