bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler) (01/02/91)
Awhile back, someone posted a message asking about word processors that use Microsoft's "Rich Text Format", and I replied that I was able to successfully generate "Help" files for our freeware WINFRACT program using an ASCII text editor. Well, now I'm doomed. Mark Peterson has been inundating me with improvements to Winfract and, after I started kidding him about his lack of documentation, inundating me with RTF files as well. The only problem is that he generates *his* RTF files using a real word processor (WFW). Not only do I have a hard time editing them - his stuff looks a lot *better* than my stuff! This is intolerable! Uhh, I am now looking for the cheapest legal way to purchase a word processor that handles RTF files. Does anyone remember what the result of the earlier posts asking about this were? Remember that we are using this software to develop documentation for a program that we give away for free, so price is a prime consideration. Bert Tyler bert@helix.nih.gov
petergo@microsoft.UUCP (Peter GOLDE) (01/07/91)
In article <775@nih-csl.nih.gov> bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler) writes: >Uhh, I am now looking for the cheapest legal way to purchase a word >processor that handles RTF files. Does anyone remember what the result >of the earlier posts asking about this were? Remember that we are >using this software to develop documentation for a program that we >give away for free, so price is a prime consideration. I think Microsoft Works will handle or convert to/from RTF files, though I won't swear to it. I think it can be gotten for around $100. --Peter Golde petergo%microsoft@uunet.uu.net
jimad@microsoft.UUCP (Jim ADCOCK) (01/08/91)
In article <60296@microsoft.UUCP| petergo@microsoft.UUCP (Peter GOLDE) writes: |In article <775@nih-csl.nih.gov> bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler) writes: |>Uhh, I am now looking for the cheapest legal way to purchase a word |>processor that handles RTF files. Does anyone remember what the result |>of the earlier posts asking about this were? Remember that we are |>using this software to develop documentation for a program that we |>give away for free, so price is a prime consideration. I double checked this by converting a WfW doc to RTF format, converted to a Works document via the Works file conversion command. I made some slight changes in Works, converted it back to RTF, then accessed and printed it from WfW again. And the document printed out identically, except for the slight changes I made. So, it would seem that Works can indeed be used as a low-cost RTF word processor -- with the help of the file conversion commands.. I'd never be willing to give up WfW, though.