problems with RTF

[rogerbil]

I have to scan a book (over 200 pages) and my OCR program has the
option to output in rtf direct to Word X. This is very useful as it
saves me re-applying italics etc. The files are exported to word as
***.rtf and open fine using the direct link from ReadIris. But, if I
close the file and save it when I try to re-open it (still with
its .rtf suffix) all of the rtf codes are displayed, not the actual
formatted text.
Also, the files from ReadIris open in US Letter page, with language
set to US English, even though my default paper size and language set
in the normal template is A4 and UK English.
Does anyone have an answer to these glitches?

Thanks

Roger

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Once you have opened the file once, I would Save As .doc format, change
the paper size, select all and use Tools | Language to change the
language. Alternatively, copy and paste from the RTF into a new Word doc
(though you'll still have to change the language, probably).

It's not reasonable to expect ReadIris to pick up your default Word
settings when it creates an RTF file, and once the file is created, just
opening it in Word is not going to automatically apply your Word
settings. Anyhow, since you don't really know what ReadIris has done at
the coding level, it's just as well to get the text into a format where
you *do* know what's going on (more or less).

 

[rogerbil]

Thanks for your reply

I realised what was happening with the rtf coding - it was all to do
with the 'recover text' option in the open dialog box.

I agree that Read Iris shouldn't know my default settings, bnut I
thought that Word itself might just be pasting data into a new
document - I hadn't realised that ReadIris was sending a whole file to
word. On May 12, 3:58 pm, Daiya Mitchell