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Originally Posted by Ajax
I don't see where it says that RTF is a supported file format, just that it can be converted via sending wirelessly. So you are not actually viewing an RTF file on the Kindle, but a converted mobi file.
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Your list does not appear to be up to date (it does not mention RTF at all), or Amazon provide more than one and they differ. From the Amazon.co.uk site:
Kindle supports wireless delivery of unprotected Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX), PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PRC and MOBI files. Some complex PDF and DOCX files might not format correctly on your Kindle.
It specifically says it supports wireless delivery of RTF, which means it supports RTF as a format.
I appreciate the service may convert it on it's way but that is irrelevant (and I accepted that when I said "
I believe converted on the fly as they arrive").
Whether Amazon support it natively on the device or via conversion as it transfers is irrelevant to me as a user. I give their process a file. They pass it on to my device. What happens on the way is nothing to do with me.
They claim support for RTF yet struggle with the metadata. If they convert it to mobi on the way then fine, not my concern. The fact remains if they say they support RTF then that very conversion process should see the metadata and add it into the mobi - transparently to me. It appears not to, so the RTF support is lacking.
As I said earlier, I am also open to the fact I may be doing something silly in my RTFs (though they work on the Sony and MS Word).