Microsoft KB Archive/66412

Word 5.50: File Extensions When Saving in RTF Format

PSS ID Number: Q66412 Article last modified on 09-26-1995

5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

In Word version 5.50, the file extension of a document saved in RTF format does not automatically change to an RTF extension as in Word version 5.00.

Example
If a Word 5.50 document has previously been saved as FILENAME.DOC, choosing RTF as the format with the File Save As command does not create the file FILENAME.RTF. Instead, the converted file will have the same extension as the original Word document (FILENAME.DOC). The original document that was saved in Word format becomes FILENAME.BAK.

If a document has not been saved before choosing RTF as the format with the File Save As command, Word will save the document with an RTF extension when no extension is indicated (for example, FILENAME.RTF). If an extension is indicated with the filename, then the extension specified will be used instead of RTF (for example, FILENAME.890).

When opening an RTF file in Word version 5.50, Word will display the following message:

This file is RTF format. Do you want to display Word format? (select NO to display as text)

If Word format is chosen (yes), only the display of the file is affected. Word does not save the converted Word format version to disk. The file remains in RTF format until it is saved with a different format (for example, Word format) with the File Save As command.

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