"Rich Text" or .rtf format.

["Michael Edwards" mje@xxxxxxxx]

                         Michael Edwards.

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[Nathan Sivin:]

>... all he
>has to do is try a "save as" conversion to Microsoft Rich Text
>File ANSI format. If that works, he can open the *.RTF file in
>Word. That should keep the formatting intact if it is not too
>elaborate.
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   I wonder if someone could please explain to me this "Rich Text" or .rtf
format. Before I started using Windows 95 two and a half years ago, I'd never
heard of it, but have encountered it from time to time (seen it as an option in
programs, that is - not actually used it). Having decided to get XyWrite, I
imagine I will be wanting to convert a lot of files to XyWrite - especially text
files and MultiMate files. Text files shouldn't be a problem, but in MultiMate
files I will want to keep the formatting, of course - and I'm just wondering if
using the .rtf format as an intermediate step might be useful to me.
   Any comments, please?
   (In a way I regret that a well-meaning friend introduced me to MultiMate
when I was totally new to computers 12 years ago - I've been tied to that
word-processor ever since, and have hundreds of files in it, perhaps covering
thousands of pages. I had no way at the time of knowing that it was an obscure
program with an extremely peculiar file-format.)

             Regards,
             Michael Edwards.