Opening RTFD

[WCL]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I wonder whether someone can help me.

When I attempt to use Word to open RTFD files, it would not do so directly but gave me a message to say that if I felt that the files were safe to open, I can open them just by using the Open command under the File menu. I tried that, but it wouldn't let me open the files (the files are all greyed out). Does that mean that Word doesn't open RTFD files?

Thanks!!!!

 

[John McGhie]

RTFD is a bit of a "menu", whether Word can open it depends on what is
written in it

In your case, it's probably got PDFs in it, and Word won't like that. Open
it in TextEdit and copy the text from there.

Cheers

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel
I wonder whether someone can help me.

When I attempt to use Word to open RTFD files, it would not do so directly but
gave me a message to say that if I felt that the files were safe to open, I
can open them just by using the Open command under the File menu. I tried
that, but it wouldn't let me open the files (the files are all greyed out).
Does that mean that Word doesn't open RTFD files?

Thanks!!!!

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[WCL]

John,
Thanks for the reply. There are no PDFs in it, to be honest. Just text.

Does that mean that there is something wrong with my Office installation?

Thanks!!

 

[John McGhie]

No, it doesn't.

It means there are some file formats Office can't open, and RTFD is one of
them. There may be exceptions that you can get to work, but generally, Word
can't handle it.

You can save RTFD out of TextEdit in a variety of formats that Word can open
(e.g. RTF!). Use one of those.

Cheers

John,
Thanks for the reply. There are no PDFs in it, to be honest. Just text.

Does that mean that there is something wrong with my Office installation?

Thanks!!

--

The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]