difference between rich text and plain test

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difference between rich text and plain test

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I am creating a template from an existing Word doc. Why would I choose Rich Text, or Plain text?

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Plain text can be read by pretty well any text file editor. There are no supported text formatting attributes like bold and italic. It represents the lowest common denominator for simple text only "documents"

Rich Text Format, RTF, supports some limited formatting, like bold and italics. It represents the lowest common denominator for "word processing" programs. Many, most(?), word processor programs will read and edit RTF format files.

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Suzanne S Barnhill 277.5K MVP Volunteer Moderator

Are you referring to the content controls? Find a description at http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2006/11/17/meet-the-controls.aspx.

More technical specs at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb157891.aspx.

See also http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Content_Controls.htm.

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