How to Read/Write RTF and Word Files?

Tue May 22 00:44:10 EDT 2001

On Mon, 21 May 2001, Steve Nordby wrote:

> I thought IBM defined RTF.  Microsoft define a non-proprietary
> standard?  Doesn't seem to fit the MS way of doing things.

I guess some good elves infiltrate the Evil Empire once in a while.
Actually Microsoft has authored, contributed to, and supported many
non-proprietary standards. And, like lots of other companies, they have
implemented proprietary document formats in their own applications.

Greg Jorgensen
PDXperts LLC
Portland, Oregon, USA
gregj at pobox.com