Control Words

[Pauba]

Hello guys:

RTF files sometimes have many "control words" hidden inside the text. Even
though no one sees them while opening the doc in Word, when
exporting/importing to other programs they can be cumbersome. Is there
anyway to get rid of those (selected/all) "control words?"
E.g.:
\*\pn
\pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0
\lin360\itap0 \f1\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033
{\dbch\af23 \hich\af1\dbch\af23\loch\f1 Information Security and }\dbch\af23
\hich\af1\dbch\af23\loch\f1 s ensure completion of information security Risk
Assessments on applications and/or systems to identify areas of
vulnerability and initiate appropriate m}{itigation measures}{\dbch\af23
\hich\af1\dbch\af23\loch\f1

BTW, a related question, when one uses Track Changes, the tool tip gives the
time a change was made. Is there any way to delete that time?

Thank you for any insight...

P.

 

[TF]

Yes. Save the file as TEXT Only. Then the RFT codes will be removed.




: Hello guys:
:
: RTF files sometimes have many "control words" hidden inside the text. Even
: though no one sees them while opening the doc in Word, when
: exporting/importing to other programs they can be cumbersome. Is there
: anyway to get rid of those (selected/all) "control words?"
: E.g.:
: \*\pn
:
\pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0
: \lin360\itap0 \f1\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033
: {\dbch\af23 \hich\af1\dbch\af23\loch\f1 Information Security
and }\dbch\af23
: \hich\af1\dbch\af23\loch\f1 s ensure completion of information security
Risk
: Assessments on applications and/or systems to identify areas of
: vulnerability and initiate appropriate m}{itigation measures}{\dbch\af23
: \hich\af1\dbch\af23\loch\f1
:
: BTW, a related question, when one uses Track Changes, the tool tip gives
the
: time a change was made. Is there any way to delete that time?
:
: Thank you for any insight...
:
: P.
:
:

 

[Klaus Linke]

Or, if you don't want to loose all formatting, open the RTF file in WordPad and save.
WordPad doesn't support lots of the more advanced Word features.
It's hard to predict exactly what you'll loose... The resulting RTF file will still have most of the "usual" formatting, but will be much smaller.

Regards,
Klaus

 

[Pauba]

Terry and Klaus:

Thank you. I'll try Klaus' tip first. It seems less radical.

Regards,

P.


Or, if you don't want to loose all formatting, open the RTF file in WordPad
and save.
WordPad doesn't support lots of the more advanced Word features.
It's hard to predict exactly what you'll loose... The resulting RTF file
will still have most of the "usual" formatting, but will be much smaller.

Regards,
Klaus

Yes. Save the file as TEXT Only. Then the RFT codes will be removed.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP



: Hello guys:
:
: RTF files sometimes have many "control words" hidden inside the text. Even
: though no one sees them while opening the doc in Word, when
: exporting/importing to other programs they can be cumbersome. Is there
: anyway to get rid of those (selected/all) "control words?"
: E.g.:
: \*\pn
:

\pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0