[softwarelist] Re: OvPro and RTF

  • From: Dave Symes <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:06:07 +0000 (GMT)

In article <874e649351.pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10 Jan 2011  David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Hi,

> > In message <51935bd024dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Symes
> > <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

> >>Until recently, that (It appears) worked perfectly okay, but this
> >>weekend for some unfathomable reason, the RTF files out of Ovation
> >>Pro, which appear to load in Word only display as a blank document.

> > Load into WordPad, save out and hope that loads into Word.

> > Presumably there is something odd about that document that results in
> > RTF that Word doesn't like. Some feature used in that document that is
> > not usually used.

> MakeRTF was in fact never finished, and produces some very odd results 
> with some of my files, particularly if they involve frames, which the 
> rtf format doesn't know about, I think. I imagine than for Dave it's 
> come across something that it doesn't know what to do with.

> With best wishes,

> Peter.

Good thought Peter, but there's nothing exotic in that particular file.

See My Reply to David about all the OvPro files we've tested.

Thanks
Dave

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