Re: [libreoffice-users] can I make Libre default to save as .rtf

On 11/22/2011 02:39 AM, Stephan Zietsman wrote:
> doug wrote:
> > I'd like to make LO Writer default to saving everything in .rtf format.  The
> > .odf is not readable by people with
> > Microsoft software, which is most of the world.  If so, how?  (Running
> > version 3.4.4)
> To change the default format when saving: "Tools" ->  "Options..." ->
> "Load/Save" ->  "General".  Under the section "Default file format and
> ODF settings" you can change the default file format for saving.
> Under "Document type" click the drop-down and select "Text document".
> Then under the "Always save as" drop-down, select the format you want.
>
> I would suggest not using "Rich Text Format" (rtf), for various
> reasons; it may be better to stick with the older "Microsoft Word
> 97/2000/XP/2003" (doc) format.  As far as I'm aware, "ODF Text
> Document" (odt) is compatible with most word processors (including
> Microsoft Office Word), but you are free to use the format you're
> comfortable with.
>
> Regards
> Stephan
Thanx to the responders.  I'm using Linux.  In Windows I usually use 
WordPerfect.
AFAIK, Microsoft can read rtf.  Two people whom I recently sent odf to 
said they
couldn't read it.  I'm told by people familiar with MS Word that not all 
.doc files
are compatible, there having been a change somewhere along about 1998 or so.
(I don't use anything Microsoft when I can avoid it; I don't need the 
viruses.)
If someone know that MS can _not_ read rtf, then please advise.

--doug

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