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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
On 7/2/15 7:01 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| or make a pdf file using a free tool | Yes, Libre Office can do that, which seems like a more dependable format to bring to a printer. As far as I know, RTF is a Windows-only format. It requires a Windows RichEdit window to be displayed. Maybe Mac Office can do it, but that doesn't seem like a smart chance to take when it's not necessary. Macs support RTF. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 36.0.4 Thunderbird 31.5 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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| Macs support RTF.
| Thanks. Good to know. I guess it's not so surprising, given that the format is published and relatively easy to use. Oddly, the Wikipedia page for RTF says Macs had it first: "The first RTF reader and writer shipped in 1987 as part of Microsoft Word 3.0 for Macintosh" |
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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
On 7/3/15 11:05 AM, Mayayana wrote:
| Macs support RTF. | Thanks. Good to know. I guess it's not so surprising, given that the format is published and relatively easy to use. Oddly, the Wikipedia page for RTF says Macs had it first: "The first RTF reader and writer shipped in 1987 as part of Microsoft Word 3.0 for Macintosh" That doesn't surprise me. I've learned there's a lot of things Macs and others have had long before Microsoft. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.8.5 Firefox 36.0.4 Thunderbird 31.5 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
Ken Springer wrote:
On 7/2/15 7:01 AM, Mayayana wrote: | or make a pdf file using a free tool | Yes, Libre Office can do that, which seems like a more dependable format to bring to a printer. As far as I know, RTF is a Windows-only format. It requires a Windows RichEdit window to be displayed. Maybe Mac Office can do it, but that doesn't seem like a smart chance to take when it's not necessary. Macs support RTF. http://web.archive.org/web/200803230...ext_format.php "Preserves Basic Formatting RTF will not retain complex formatting such as table information, graphic alignment and pagination or macros. However, it does retain font selection, font sizing, and text styling (bold, italics, underline) and depending on the application, font coloring. For most common documents, this is more than enough formatting. In fact, RTF is often used in the publishing world as a format for rough drafts. Once the initial editing is finished, the RTF is imported into Quark XPress, Adobe InDesign, or some other page layout program for final formatting. This allows editors to focus on editing content, without the distraction of too much formatting." I think that sets the right tone, for the usage model. I've had cases, where a tool that claims to import/export RTF, will export a document, and then not be able to read its own output. It's that fine as a standard of interchange. I wouldn't touch a file with that file extension, with a barge pole, Mac or PC. Paul |
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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 09:01:07 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote: | or make a pdf file using a free tool | Yes, Libre Office can do that, which seems like a more dependable format to bring to a printer. As far as I know, RTF is a Windows-only format. It requires a Windows RichEdit window to be displayed. Maybe Mac Office can do it, but that doesn't seem like a smart chance to take when it's not necessary. While I may try Libre Office at a later date, I need a SMALL program that is free, to convert this same document to .PDF so I can email it. My XP laptop dont have much drive space, and my desktop machine is Win98se. Plus I dont really want to mess with a large and probably bloated program. I just want something simple and small to make a .PDF. What is available for free? (For XP or Win98). Thanks |
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| While I may try Libre Office at a later date, I need a SMALL program
| that is free, to convert this same document to .PDF so I can email it. | My XP laptop dont have much drive space, and my desktop machine is | Win98se. Plus I dont really want to mess with a large and probably | bloated program. I just want something simple and small to make a .PDF. | What is available for free? (For XP or Win98). | Libre Office is free. Though it is also inexcusably bloated. Somewhere around 400 MB installed and it lumbers into action rather than starting up. I don't know of any other tool for making PDFs. If you don't find one then maybe you should just call the printer and ask if they can deal with an RTF file. Just don't name it as a DOC. |
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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
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On Thu, 2 Jul 2015 09:01:07 -0400, "Mayayana" wrote: or make a pdf file using a free tool Yes, Libre Office can do that, which seems like a more dependable format to bring to a printer. As far as I know, RTF is a Windows-only format. It requires a Windows RichEdit window to be displayed. Maybe Mac Office can do it, but that doesn't seem like a smart chance to take when it's not necessary. While I may try Libre Office at a later date, I need a SMALL program that is free, to convert this same document to .PDF so I can email it. My XP laptop dont have much drive space, and my desktop machine is Win98se. Plus I dont really want to mess with a large and probably bloated program. I just want something simple and small to make a .PDF. What is available for free? (For XP or Win98). Thanks Notepro (native .doc support) (costs only $20, and is well worth that), and can export to PDF too. By small, I mean it's file is only 10 MB! And best of all, it looks just like MS Word, minus the bloat and extra features http://www.crystaloffice.com/notepro/ If I had to pick one program to replace MS Word, this is it, and I have it installed along with MS Office. It's much smaller and less bloated than LibreOffice and OpenOffice (but of course, it's not a complete Office replacement. Why not try out the demo. I doubt if $20 will break the bank. |
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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 09:28:11 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote: Libre Office is free. Though it is also inexcusably bloated. Somewhere around 400 MB installed and it lumbers into action rather than starting up. For that size, it has to be very bloated. I dont need or want something like that. It probably does spreadsheets and all that stuff I'll never use. |
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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
On Mon, 06 Jul 2015 09:32:30 -0400, Paul wrote:
You can use Wordpad, and a Print_to_PDF print driver. Try dopdf 6.4.311 here. 1,808,344 bytes. http://www.oldversion.com/windows/dopdf/ Paul This sounded like what I could use. I downloaded it and clicked on it in Win98se. It gave an error message saying "Requires Windows 5". What the hell is Windows 5? On the website it says it will run on Win95 and up..... My XP laptop is not available at the moment. However, rather than convert it to a .PDF for emailing purposes, I used Paint Shop Pro, and did a screen capture. Then I saved it as a .JPG. I'm sending out the .JPG files. This needed to be sent out today, I could not wait for more stupid software that dont work! Thanks |
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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
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On Mon, 06 Jul 2015 09:32:30 -0400, Paul wrote: You can use Wordpad, and a Print_to_PDF print driver. Try dopdf 6.4.311 here. 1,808,344 bytes. http://www.oldversion.com/windows/dopdf/ Paul This sounded like what I could use. I downloaded it and clicked on it in Win98se. It gave an error message saying "Requires Windows 5". What the hell is Windows 5? On the website it says it will run on Win95 and up..... My XP laptop is not available at the moment. However, rather than convert it to a .PDF for emailing purposes, I used Paint Shop Pro, and did a screen capture. Then I saved it as a .JPG. I'm sending out the .JPG files. This needed to be sent out today, I could not wait for more stupid software that dont work! Thanks I intended that for your WinXP machine, not Win98. You know how much stuff works on Win98 :-) Paul |
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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
Il giorno Mon 06 Jul 2015 11:02:24a, ** inviava su
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general il messaggio . Vediamo cosa scrisse: I need a SMALL program that is free, to convert this same document to .PDF search he http://www.filehippo.com/software/office/ among many PDF creators, check the right column for an older version that still works with 98, even if I'm note sure you'll find something -- /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\ -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=- http://www.bb2002.it ............ [ al lavoro ] ........... |
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Reading a Win98 Wordpad File in Newer Versions of Windows
Il giorno Tue 07 Jul 2015 08:51:17a, *Ammammata* inviava su
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general il messaggio 89. Vediamo cosa scrisse: check the right column for an older version er... I mean "after you have selected one software" e.g. http://filehippo.com/download_cutepdf_writer/ -- /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\ -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=- http://www.bb2002.it ............ [ al lavoro ] ........... |
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