I just created an RTF from RM 5. Word from Office 2010 opened it as a garbled document. LibreOffice Writer opened and printed it just fine. Don Strack On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Tom Holden <ve3meo@gmail.com> wrote: > The ONLY program that will almost correctly handle the RTF files saved from RootsMagic is Microsoft Word (unsure what the oldest version is that does), NOT WordPad, NOT WordPerfect, NOT Open Office's equivalent, and not likely Libre Office's equivalent. > > To cause the saved RTF file to automatically open in MS Word and not something else, you need to set the File Association for RTF to Always Open with MS Word. In Windows Explorer, find any RTF file, right click on it, select Open With and check the box once you select MS Word.

I'm considering getting an ASUS tablet. I believe it runs on the Android O/S. There are genealogy apps that would run on it, but I would rather stick to RootsMagic if possible. Did someone say that there might be a RM app for the Android tablet coming in the future? Thank you, Brenda

Took awhile.but Libreoffice does a gtreat RTF read job. I had been told that maybe MS was going to no longer support RTF files. This is a great free sub for MS. Jon *** On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Don Strack <donstrack@gmail.com> wrote: > I just created an RTF from RM 5. Word from Office 2010 opened it as a > garbled document. LibreOffice Writer opened and printed it just fine. > > Don Strack > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Tom Holden <ve3meo@gmail.com> wrote: > > The ONLY program that will almost correctly handle the RTF files saved > from RootsMagic is Microsoft Word (unsure what the oldest version is that > does), NOT WordPad, NOT WordPerfect, NOT Open Office's equivalent, and not > likely Libre Office's equivalent. > > > > To cause the saved RTF file to automatically open in MS Word and not > something else, you need to set the File Association for RTF to Always Open > with MS Word. In Windows Explorer, find any RTF file, right click on it, > select Open With and check the box once you select MS Word. > > > > =================================== > RM list Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ROOTSMAGIC-USERS/ > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=ROOTSMAGIC-USERS > WISH LIST: http://www.rootsmagic.com/forums/ BLOG: > http://blog.rootsmagic.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSMAGIC-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- Jon P Czarowitz, NHC, GF, GGF, IGC Hempel Genealogist since 1986 International Genealogist for http://www.clancunninghamintl.org RootsMagic 4 http://www.rootsmagic.com CUNNINGHAMS TOGETHER - CUNNINGHAMS WORLDWIDE!