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In what ways is it preferable to ODT (OpenDocument format)?
by einpoklum 6y ago
In what ways is it preferable to ODT (OpenDocument format)?
- sidpatil 6y agoRTF is a much simpler format than ODT. RTF source code resembles TeX at first glance; ODT is based on XML. Unfortunately, it's not an open standard AFAICT.
- vram22 6y agoRight, I think it still may be a de facto standard from MS. It was so then.
- ternaryoperator 6y agoIt's not a standard in the sense of an ISO-style organization approval, but RTF has been thorougly documented by Microsoft for a very long time. [0] [0] https://interoperability.blob.core.windows.net/files/Archive_References/%5bMSFT-RTF%5d.pdf https://interoperability.blob.core.windows.net/files/Archive...
- vram22 6y agosidpatil answered (sibling comment). The RTF spec was freely available (on MS's site and/or MSDN CDs then) and should still be around, at least on some sites, since RTF is still used a lot as an exchange format between word processors and even other software. So you can read the spec; it is straightforward. RTF is to Word like CSV is to Excel. In fact, we generated RTF because the output was to be input to Adobe InDesign.