Hello!
Is it possible to convert RTFD-format files to Microsoft Word (doc) format - without losing images?
I have a multitude of RTF and RTFD files. I want to be able to access the contents of these files on platforms other than OS X (eg: Windows).
RTFD is not supported outside OS X. I understand that since RTFD files are OS X Packages, they show up in Windows as a folder containing image files and an RTF file; since this is readable by windows, I’ve been told this should be good enough. I disagree, because its fiddly, incomplete and hack-like rather than simple, recognizable and practical like a .doc file.
Given that I can open an RTFD file, copy/paste it’s content (images and text) to a new blank Microsoft Word document and save it as .doc, it seems to me that I should be able to automate those steps into a drag-and-drop app using AppleScript or Automator.
I’ve Googled for a solution to this but no-one else is talking about it, with the exception of:
- the command-line ‘textutil’ converter, but that creates ascii files that are necessarily stripped of all images
- converting to HTML, but that creates more than a single file (an HTML file plus a folder containing the images)
Am I missing something really obvious?
I prefer to avoid PDF since the document and its content (images, text) would not be easily copy/pasted/edited like a proper native Word or Pages document. HTML is a problem for the same reasons as PDF plus the result would not be a single file.
A separate question but related: Is anyone aware of a ‘proper’ cross-platform document format which supports images as well as text?
Of course, I recognize that I may be forced to accept that nothing will fit my needs and I’ll have to settle for a lesser solution but its too early in the process to give up yet.
Many thanks!
Peter