--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, tgallows <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > 5. Many of the packets are text files with gross formatting.
> > Others are in the proprietary .doc format. I may try to clean up
> > some of the packets and put them in a nicer format. Any comments
> > on this? What's the best format? HTML? RTF?
>
> If you're converting .doc files, I'd recommend RTF. It seems like a
> very portable format -- files can be opened by a variety of word
> processors without significant formatting hassles (at least in my
> experience), and I've never had any problems with it (unlike .doc
> files).
In my experience, this is not true. High-ASCII characters (smart
quotes, accented characters, digraphs, etc.) in RTF files don't come
out properly when they cross the Mac-to-PC divide. (Try it yourself;
you'll see.)
I think it's a lot simpler to keep things in .doc format. Word
readers are available for pretty much any platform, and you don't
have to worry about the aforementioned hassles.
--Paul