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RWood · 02-20-2007, 03:34 PM

RTF (Rich Text Format) is a text file with formatting tags in it. It is used as a low level (meaning it is common to many programs) transfer format. Each word processor has its own native format and RTF may not support some of the unique formatting features. It also stores images (charts, photographs, etc.) as encoded text (somewhat like MIME on the USENET newsgroups.) These images take up a lot of file space and are not supported on the Sony Reader.

There are many products that assist the extraction of text and images from PDF files including the commercial products ABC Amber PDF Converter and ABBYY Fine Reader. Also many freeware (or free) programs are available as mentioned above. There is also a formatting macro for MS Word by Stingo that is great for straight text. A large collection of these can be found on the MobileRead Wiki Conversion page.

Happy hunting.

02-20-2007, 03:34 PM	#11
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	RTF (Rich Text Format) is a text file with formatting tags in it. It is used as a low level (meaning it is common to many programs) transfer format. Each word processor has its own native format and RTF may not support some of the unique formatting features. It also stores images (charts, photographs, etc.) as encoded text (somewhat like MIME on the USENET newsgroups.) These images take up a lot of file space and are not supported on the Sony Reader. There are many products that assist the extraction of text and images from PDF files including the commercial products ABC Amber PDF Converter and ABBYY Fine Reader. Also many freeware (or free) programs are available as mentioned above. There is also a formatting macro for MS Word by Stingo that is great for straight text. A large collection of these can be found on the MobileRead Wiki Conversion page. Happy hunting.