CONNECT claims RTF is corrupt

JohnB · 11-26-2006, 04:46 PM

I saved an RTF file from avsforum.com (you can save forum threads as RTF). The file opens fine in WordPad and OpenOffice. Attempting to drag it into CONNECT Reader results in:
"Unable to open the file because it is corrupted."
Changing some properties, and re-saving in OpenOffice doesn't change the situation.

Has anyone else seen this?

Thanks, JohnB

Stingo · 11-26-2006, 07:16 PM

Open and save in Wordpad. Then open in Word, set the title and author and resave. The Wordpad step, although a pain, should strip out all hidden codes. You almost certainly have codes hidden in the file. Good luck.

MMascaro · 11-26-2006, 09:02 PM

Also any graphic will stop it also, I had a book the other day that the chapter numbers where graphics not fansy script. took 1/2 hour to figure out.

JohnB · 11-26-2006, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stingo

Open and save in Wordpad. Then open in Word, set the title and author and resave. The Wordpad step, although a pain, should strip out all hidden codes. You almost certainly have codes hidden in the file. Good luck.

That doesn't do it - though I don't have Word on this machine, only OpenOffice. Oh well.

RWood · 11-27-2006, 12:02 AM

Even without Word, save the file from Wordpad as this will strip the excess formatting and control codes from the document. CONNECT should then be able to load it without a problem. All Word can add to this is the meta data of Title and Author. If these are not set the Reader will display the file name as the Title and the date of the file as the Author.

JohnB · 11-30-2006, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWood

Even without Word, save the file from Wordpad as this will strip the excess formatting and control codes from the document. CONNECT should then be able to load it without a problem....

I pointed out that didn't work for me. I ended us saving as a txt file - didn't hurt the readability too badly.

Stingo · 11-30-2006, 08:07 PM

How about opening the text file in word and resaving as RTF? That should definitely do it.

11-26-2006, 04:46 PM	#1
JohnB Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 18 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Sony PRS500, iPAQ 4700, Rocket Ebook, BlackBerry	CONNECT claims RTF is corrupt I saved an RTF file from avsforum.com (you can save forum threads as RTF). The file opens fine in WordPad and OpenOffice. Attempting to drag it into CONNECT Reader results in: "Unable to open the file because it is corrupted." Changing some properties, and re-saving in OpenOffice doesn't change the situation. Has anyone else seen this? Thanks, JohnB

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11-26-2006, 07:16 PM	#2
Stingo Fanatic Posts: 559 Karma: 1334691 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami Device: KH2O, KPW2, KDXG, KPW1, K3, S505	Open and save in Wordpad. Then open in Word, set the title and author and resave. The Wordpad step, although a pain, should strip out all hidden codes. You almost certainly have codes hidden in the file. Good luck.

11-26-2006, 09:02 PM	#3
MMascaro Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 1009 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Maryland USA Device: HP mini 1035/Sony Reader/IPad	Also any graphic will stop it also, I had a book the other day that the chapter numbers where graphics not fansy script. took 1/2 hour to figure out.

11-27-2006, 12:02 AM	#5
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Even without Word, save the file from Wordpad as this will strip the excess formatting and control codes from the document. CONNECT should then be able to load it without a problem. All Word can add to this is the meta data of Title and Author. If these are not set the Reader will display the file name as the Title and the date of the file as the Author.

11-30-2006, 08:07 PM	#7
Stingo Fanatic Posts: 559 Karma: 1334691 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami Device: KH2O, KPW2, KDXG, KPW1, K3, S505	How about opening the text file in word and resaving as RTF? That should definitely do it.

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