E: In general rtf holds most of word's formatting. Saving files in txt loses the page and line breaks. Having the page breaks makes it easier to check the books for completeness. Grace ----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: input about .rtf files > I was told that the reason bookshare wants .rtf files and not .txt ones is > that .txt loses all the formatting (though what formatting I have no > idea). So I edit the .rtf file in braillenote, copy the file to c drive, > open in word as .rtf and save it under a different name in .rtf. This > works for the bookshare uploads. No understanding of what makes this work > and the original .rtf not work. > E. > > At 03:11 PM 4/17/2004, you wrote: > > >What I have been doing is going to Word, changing the book to a text > >document, and then changing it back to a Work 2000 RTF. Bookshare seems to > >like that better than the ones I send from the Braillenote, although some of > >those will upload fine, but not always, go figure! Now Ain't technology > >lovely? > > > >Reggie and Lonnie, guide > > > >