http://www.libreoffice.org/ ok so far Jon On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Betty Stokes <betinhou@comcast.net> wrote: > Where do you get Libre Office Writer. How does it coexist with Microsoft > Word? > Betty > > -----Original Message----- > From: rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:rootsmagic-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom Holden > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 1:06 PM > To: rootsmagic-users@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RMagic] Family Group Sheet > > Betty sent me a database. I created a FGS RTF, PDF and a PDF from the RTF > via Word 2010. All were complete. Sent her the RTF and all she sees is one > line. She sent it back to me - it's complete so it survived the round trip > without error. This seems to be an issue with Word, especially now that we > see that LibreOffice Writer handles the RTF okay. > > Tom > > On 2012-10-05, at 1:29 PM, Jon Czarowitz <czarowitz@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I had done that. Still leaves off header, Tom. > > Jon > > *** > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Tom Holden <ve3meo@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> A suggestion you could try: create a new database and drag one family > >> to it. Then make a RTF from it and open with MS Word. Any > >> improvement? If not, there's a small sample database to share with > >> Tech Support. You could even send it to me for a quick response ;) > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2012-10-04, at 11:07 PM, Tom Holden <ve3meo@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Verrry strange, indeed. I use Word from Office 2010. Just took a > >>> guess > >> at LibreOffice Writer, based on my experience with the others. It's > >> bizarre that you have the opposite result with the same version of > >> Word. Mine is installed in Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium but the OS > >> should not make any difference. I'm using RM 5.0.4.1. > >>> > >>> Maybe those of you having this problem with RTF in Word should > >>> submit a > >> trouble ticket to Tech Support and attach your database to see if > >> they can replicate the problem. > >>> > >>> Tom > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 2012-10-04, at 10:10 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. 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