Re: saving format -.abw .doc .rtf

No, there are things like equations (with itex, mathml, and included
preview snapshots), native image file storage, and so on that work best
in the abw format. (It's a nearly direct mapping from how the document
is stored internally, and so is the most reliable for repeated document
load/edit/save cycles.) I'm not sure exactly which features are not
round-tripped to/from rtf, but I do know that it's best to use the abw
format while you are working on the document. If you need to share, the
"Save Copy As" feature can let you save an RTF export while keeping the
ABW original open.

Hope this helps!

Ryan

James Freer wrote:
> Hi Martin
>
> Thanks for your reply. I'm wrong then on table support with rtf...
> i'll have to experiment again.
>
> Putting it another way. Is there any functionality that is lost with
> the .doc and .rtf extensions? Is the .abw default ext simply to
> provide assocation so that a click on a file in a file manager simply
> opens abiword automatically.
>
> thanks
> james
>
>
> 2009/10/30 Martin Sevior <msevior@gmail.com>:
>> Hi James,
>> AbiWord has very good rtf support and should export tables
>> to rtf perfectly. If it doesn't please let us know by reporting to our
>> bug reporting facility.
>>
>> http://bugzilla.abisource.com/
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:10 AM, James Freer <jessejazza@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> [Linux ubuntu user]
>>>
>>> I've been trying to find out what functionality is lost when saving
>>> between these formats. rtf doesn't cope with tables but i'm unsure
>>> between doc and abw.
>>>
>>> I use abiword for all word processing but find it best to save in rtf
>>> or doc format so that i can send files if necessary to word users.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> james
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