to be expected; RTF files are almost 10x larger than the same *.doc file as the rtf
may even contain the fonts and graphics. Once loaded, it is then converted in memory
for presentation.
eg: A one line HelloWorld.doc which only contains "Hello World", when saved as HelloWorld.rtf contains
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{\f31\froman\fcharset161\fprq2 Times New Roman Greek;}{\f32\froman\fcharset162\fprq2 Times New Roman Tur;}{\f33\froman\fcharset177\fprq2 Times New Roman (Hebrew);}{\f34\froman\fcharset178\fprq2 Times New Roman (Arabic);}
{\f35\froman\fcharset186\fprq2 Times New Roman Baltic;}}{\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;\red0\green255\blue255;\red0\green255\blue0;\red255\green0\blue255;\red255\green0\blue0;\red255\green255\blue0;\red255\green255\blue255;
\red0\green0\blue128;\red0\green128\blue128;\red0\green128\blue0;\red128\green0\blue128;\red128\green0\blue0;\red128\green128\blue0;\red128\green128\blue128;\red192\green192\blue192;}{\stylesheet{
\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 \snext0 Normal;}{\*\cs10 \additive Default Paragraph Font;}{
\s15\ql \fi-317\li706\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin706\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 \sbasedon0 \snext15 item;}{
\s16\ql \fi-317\li1092\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1092\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 \sbasedon15 \snext16 subitems;}}{\info{\title Hello world}{\author Jeff}{\operator Jeff}
{\creatim\yr2008\mo3\dy19\hr14\min51}{\revtim\yr2008\mo3\dy19\hr14\min51}{\version2}{\edmins0}{\nofpages1}{\nofwords0}{\nofchars0}{\nofcharsws0}{\vern8203}}
\widowctrl\ftnbj\aenddoc\noxlattoyen\expshrtn\noultrlspc\dntblnsbdb\nospaceforul\formshade\horzdoc\dgmargin\dghspace180\dgvspace180\dghorigin1800\dgvorigin1440\dghshow1\dgvshow1
\jexpand\viewkind1\viewscale75\pgbrdrhead\pgbrdrfoot\splytwnine\ftnlytwnine\htmautsp\nolnhtadjtbl\useltbaln\alntblind\lytcalctblwd\lyttblrtgr\lnbrkrule \fet0\sectd \linex0\endnhere\sectlinegrid360\sectdefaultcl {\*\pnseclvl1
\pnucrm\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxta .}}{\*\pnseclvl2\pnucltr\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxta .}}{\*\pnseclvl3\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxta .}}{\*\pnseclvl4\pnlcltr\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl5
\pndec\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl6\pnlcltr\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl7\pnlcrm\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl8\pnlcltr\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang
{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}{\*\pnseclvl9\pnlcrm\pnstart1\pnindent720\pnhang{\pntxtb (}{\pntxta )}}\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {Hello world
\par }}
The RTF format is most useful however, when sending a document to someone who
does not have MS Word, but some other word processor such as WordPerfect.
joberd, I don't think .rtf files are larger than .doc files. I save a lot to Wordpad in the .rtf format. I did a comparison for the exact same input and came out as follows:
.rtf format = 1KB
.doc format = 27KB.
One of the main reasons I save in .rtf is because of the size! As a matter of fact, early on I use to save as .doc. but because of the size difference, I have recopied many file from .doc to .rtf.
Not possible. You can eat the load time on the first open and then perform
Save As and change the format back to DOC and the next time it will be faster
but you've also changed the file name from xxx.rtf to xxx.doc
With all this said,
I think gopu has other issues with Word. I compose or write in RTF all the time, except to those friends who have Blackberry's. I use Office 2007 Professional, with Vista Home Premium. I don't know what the heck Word 10.0.6838.0 is. Can someone translate this for me?
I find that using RTF is no slower than any other format... at least not noticeably slower