[softwarelist] Re: RTF files and OvationPro
- From: Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:24:48 GMT
On 9 Dec 2013 David Rooke <david.rooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07 Dec, Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 7 Dec 2013 David Rooke <david.rooke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Is there any way to export from OP to rtf?
>> Up to a point it's possible to export RTF from OPro. Many years ago
>> David Breakwell started but never finished an app, here in
>> Boot.Resources.OvFilters.Filters, which adds "Save as RTF" to the OPro
>> save menu. He never claimed it to be finished or perfect, but it does
>> a reasonable job when I occasionally export RTF. I have no idea of the
>> status either of David or of the app, but to my surprise I found it
>> linked from http://www.a4com.de/riscos/down.htm
> /SNIP
> .
> /SNIP
>> HTH,
>> With best wishes,
>> Peter.
> Thanks for that and also to Dave Symes for his reply. David
> Breakwell's app is called !MakeRTF. I have downloaded v. 3.04 which
> does indeed add an RTF button to the 'Save As' menu. As Peter says, it
> works up to a point, producing an RTF -type file which loads into
> NeoOffice on the Mac. However there are errors in the
> indentations/tabs which, of course, affects the layout.
> There is also !TransRTF v. 2.02 from David Pilling. This, however, did
> not add an RTF button to the 'Save As' menu. It looks as if MakeRTF is
> what enables OP to export as RTF and TransRTF enables OP to read
> imported RTF files. Is this correct? (I'm trying to make sense of what
> is going on here.)
Yes, quite correct. TransRTF is an RTF importer, and works better than
MakeRTF.
With best wishes,
Peter.
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