OT: Metapad Views RTF Files

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Tony Cheroke

I don't know if this is old news or not, and I don't see this feature
mentioned on the Metapad website, but I find that Metapad can view
(render) RTF with all the formatting (fonts, colors, etc). I haven't
tried an RTF file with any images embedded so I don't know about that.

I came across this by accident (I have Metapad in my send-to) when I
wanted to see the RTF formatting codes in a file. To my surprise it
viewed the file just like Wordpad would.

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Tony
 
I don't know if this is old news or not, and I don't see this feature
mentioned on the Metapad website, but I find that Metapad can view
(render) RTF with all the formatting (fonts, colors, etc). I haven't
tried an RTF file with any images embedded so I don't know about that.

I came across this by accident (I have Metapad in my send-to) when I
wanted to see the RTF formatting codes in a file. To my surprise it
viewed the file just like Wordpad would.
Click to expand...

Same here. I was delighted one day when a file popped up with perfect RTF
attributes. With all the excellent editors out there, MetaPad is still my
default Notepad (and Wordpad!) replacement.


Bob
 
I don't know if this is old news or not, and I don't see this feature
mentioned on the Metapad website, but I find that Metapad can view
(render) RTF with all the formatting (fonts, colors, etc).
Click to expand...

It's great, but in my version of Metapad I have to use the "all files" option
to view rtf files (not "all file types"), and I always get the message that
it's not a valid text file. When I click that message off, the document opens
in fine shape.
Do I need a newer version of MP, or is this just the way it is? I have Windows
98.
Connie
 
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It's great, but in my version of Metapad I have to use the "all
files" option to view rtf files (not "all file types"), and I
always get the message that it's not a valid text file. When I
click that message off, the document opens in fine shape.
Do I need a newer version of MP, or is this just the way it is? I
have Windows 98.
Connie
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Metapad 3.5 is the latest version, so if that's what you're using...
Metapad is meant to view/write plain text files so you're getting the
warning because RTF files are part binary. Metapad defaults to opening
text files with File > Open. You can put Metapad in your Send To right-
click context menu for all types of files and that will send the file
to Metapad directly. I use this method to check the headers of image
files (for example, to see if the string JFIF exists in a JPEG's
header).

Tony
 
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