Re: [Gimp-user] gimp users matter

[Jernej Simončič <jernej|s-gmane eternallybored org>]

On Fri, 3 Jan 2014 10:16:07 -0800, Richard wrote:

> Sure, RTF supports many of THE most commonly used text editing features (bold/italic/underline, 
> tabs/indents/spacing, font face/size/color) but it doesn't support many advanced Word features 
> (widow/orphan control, footnotes, column layouts, etc.) and if you are relying on a document that involves 
> those features will Word inform you that your target file format is not sufficient for what you are trying 
> to save?  Or will it just silently assume your document doesn't care about those features and save what it 
> can, effectively discarding those features when you close out your session?

You're actually wrong - RTF supports at least everything that Word 2003
supports - including styles, paragraph settings, columns, footnotes etc.
You will get a warning if you try to save as OpenDocument though (and at
least in Word 2013, the document layout may change to reflect that).

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