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

doug-2 wrote
> 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.

MS Office can indeed read RTF but currently LibreOffice has several problems
with RTF import and export. In any case as mentioned by other users RTF is
modified by MS from version to version and therefore it is not guaranteed to
look the same in other editors...
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/LO-3-4-3-Writer-cannot-handle-RTF-document-tt3485447.html#a3487090
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=1639498&query=RTF

On the other hand the DOC format has other problems (namely it can carry
infectious macros) and some companies avoid them as exchange format...

Bottomline: if your document doesn't need editing, send PDF, if formatting
is important send DOC, if content and safety is more important send RTF.

I'm afraid there is no perfect answer or solution :)

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