> > > > > Are you sure that abiword opens rtf? I don't think so. A smaller > > program to > > ope rtf files is Ted http://www.nllgg.nl/Ted/ > > Hmm.. I just checked the "Open" dialog of abiword and under the list of > extensions to open as, it does have RTF.. > > Well, something interesting - I opened the rtf file generated by > latex2rtf using Openoffice and then saved it from Openoffice as an rtf. > Then I tried opening this rtf file using abiword and it opened it but > the tables weren't tables anymore.. so looks like abiword didn't like > something abt the way latex2rtf converted the latex file.. >
I spent all summer writing a script to convert RTF to XML, so I'm not surprised at the inconsistent behaviour between Openoffice and AbiWord. The problem is, that there are different versions of RTF, and different readers have different abilities to parse RTF. RTF is somewhat tricky to say the least. I believe AbiWord uses the WV filter to convert files. I tested out this filter and found it was adequate, but not great. I haven't tested out Openoffic yet. That is my next goal. I think I have to buy the CD from cheapbytes because the suit is too big to download! Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *[EMAIL PROTECTED]* ************************
