Thank you so much for the information. I am a bit perplexed by this, because like I said, when I create a new file, I am able to save it as a word document extension.
I appreciate the tips though. Thanks, Randy On Feb 7, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > Hi there > Changing an extension is actually very easy, if that's all you want to do. > You can do that in finder by pressing enter on the filename going to the end > of the line taking out the current extension, and then changing it. After you > change it, press enter and then you will be asked if you really want to do > that press the L right arrow, and then theon the choice you want. > > However, if you really want to make a doc file from an RTF file so that word > is happy with the file, you can't do that from text edit. You would need to > have Pages to do that. > > Regards, > Gigi Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 7, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Randy George <george.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Can anyone tell me how to change the extension of a file from (for example) >> a RTF to a .DOC file? I don't want to change the document at all, just >> resave it as a different format. I see where I can change the file name, >> but I don't see any way to change the extension. >> >> Thanks so much, >> Randy >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.