Solution to RTF Problem (Mac)

alexishinds · 10-06-2006, 12:31 PM

Hello,

I saw some threads here about problems people were having with some RTF files and I experienced the same thing last night when working with some of my files.

What I discovered, however, was this: initially I was working with the files in Word, and when transferred they didn't work. So on a hunch I opened the file in TextEdit (on the Mac), made a change, and saved it. The file shrunk from 12MB to 2MB and looked identical. After transferring over the the Reader it opened up and looked great!

I didn't try WordPad but it may be an option for Windows users...

--Alexis

NatCh · 10-06-2006, 12:41 PM

Nice! I'll have to try the Wordpad and see if it gives similar size reduction.

Thanks!

Edit: It looks like running the file through word pad does save some space (file went from 2.6 to 2.4MB)

lordvetinari2 · 10-06-2006, 12:50 PM

Something related to styles, probably.

Bob Russell · 10-06-2006, 12:58 PM

I'm curious if this tip also fixes text documents that look like they have hard line breaks.

In other words, in some txt documents the end of lines from the original just seem to stop to matter where they are on the screen. It leads to a lot of nearly blank lines and makes it hard to read. Does this trick fix that also, or do we need to try something like a mass replace of CR/LF/NewParagraph type characters with MS Word?

NatCh · 10-06-2006, 01:03 PM

I haven't encountered that yet in any of my files, anybody got a sample I could test on? Or want to test it themselves?

da_jane · 10-06-2006, 01:37 PM

You have to do a search and replace. When using wordwrap, it inserts line breaks and therefore is unreadable in a converted format. You need to search and replace the Paragraph mark in Word.

10-06-2006, 12:31 PM	#1
alexishinds Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2006	Solution to RTF Problem (Mac) Hello, I saw some threads here about problems people were having with some RTF files and I experienced the same thing last night when working with some of my files. What I discovered, however, was this: initially I was working with the files in Word, and when transferred they didn't work. So on a hunch I opened the file in TextEdit (on the Mac), made a change, and saved it. The file shrunk from 12MB to 2MB and looked identical. After transferring over the the Reader it opened up and looked great! I didn't try WordPad but it may be an option for Windows users... --Alexis

10-06-2006, 12:41 PM	#2
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Nice! I'll have to try the Wordpad and see if it gives similar size reduction. Thanks! Edit: It looks like running the file through word pad does save some space (file went from 2.6 to 2.4MB) Last edited by NatCh; 10-06-2006 at 12:47 PM. Reason: addition

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10-06-2006, 12:50 PM	#3
lordvetinari2 Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 61 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gijón, Spain Device: Kindle 3G+WiFi & Galaxy Note	Something related to styles, probably.

10-06-2006, 12:58 PM	#4
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	I'm curious if this tip also fixes text documents that look like they have hard line breaks. In other words, in some txt documents the end of lines from the original just seem to stop to matter where they are on the screen. It leads to a lot of nearly blank lines and makes it hard to read. Does this trick fix that also, or do we need to try something like a mass replace of CR/LF/NewParagraph type characters with MS Word?

10-06-2006, 01:03 PM	#5
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I haven't encountered that yet in any of my files, anybody got a sample I could test on? Or want to test it themselves?

10-06-2006, 01:37 PM	#6
da_jane Evangelist Posts: 405 Karma: 692 Join Date: Sep 2006 Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 \| Kindle Paperwhite \| iPad Mini	You have to do a search and replace. When using wordwrap, it inserts line breaks and therefore is unreadable in a converted format. You need to search and replace the Paragraph mark in Word.

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