Converting rtf's on different machines, different results

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Eagle - 02 Jun 2005 18:50 GMT

I have 2 machines, one Windows XP and one Windows 2000. They both have
Office 2000, SP3.

When I create a report from Active Reports into an RTF file, and bring that
RTF file into the Office 2000 machine, everything works fine. And when I
save that document, still as an RTF, it works fine on all machines.

If I create the file and bring it up into Word on the XP machine, however,
somehow it is spaced differently, as if it has converted differently. The
pagination is very different than if the document is opened on another
machine.

If I save the erroneous file, it is still erroneous no matter what machine
it is brought up on.

I am not sure if this is a Word issue or not, but I thought I'd start with
the way Word converts RTF's -- any ideas?

Thanks for your help.

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Klaus Linke - 10 Jun 2005 06:14 GMT

RTF files don't necessarily contain any information on page layout, and maybe not even much about formatting. So what the opening application (Word2000/XP in your case) makes of that is pretty accidental.

Saving in Word2000 puts in all the necessary info, as you already discovered. I bet you'll see an increase in file size as you save.

Another option if you want to be independent of the Word2000 machine could be to create a template from the Word2000 document and then use "Insert > File" instead of "File > Open" on the XP machine.

Regards,
Klaus

>I have 2 machines, one Windows XP and one Windows 2000. They both have
> Office 2000, SP3.
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>
> Thanks for your help.

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et - 10 Jun 2005 19:06 GMT

Thanks, I'll try that.

RTF files don't necessarily contain any information on page layout, and
maybe not even much about formatting. So what the opening application
(Word2000/XP in your case) makes of that is pretty accidental.

Saving in Word2000 puts in all the necessary info, as you already
discovered. I bet you'll see an increase in file size as you save.

Another option if you want to be independent of the Word2000 machine could
be to create a template from the Word2000 document and then use "Insert >
File" instead of "File > Open" on the XP machine.

Regards,
Klaus

"Eagle" <eagletender2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I have 2 machines, one Windows XP and one Windows 2000. They both have
> Office 2000, SP3.
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>
> Thanks for your help.

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