Re: [vox] From StarOffice to Kinkos: PS, PDF?

[nbs <nbsMAPS@sonic.net>]

On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 03:42:37PM -0700, Alexandra Thorn wrote:
> > On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, nbs wrote:
> > > Isn't RTF a word format?
> >
> > No, but it is a 'standard' created initially by MS and later used more
> > prevalently. Its basically ASCII with some special command-sauce to do
> > limited formatting (nothing fancy, and nowhere nearly as powerful as LateX
> > or even .doc files)
> 
> I thought that the whole point was to be able to replicate formating
> exactly.  Somehow I doubt that RTF would do this.  Isn't it basically
> another variation on HTML?

No.. MY point in asking about RTF didn't really have
anything to do with the original question (PS, PDF, Kinkos)

I was just wondering about whether an RTF named '.doc'
would open right in MSWord. (eg for resumes)

-bill!
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