All about plain text, rich text, RTFD, .doc, .docx, HTML, webarchive, WordML, ODT and Pages formats, and how much space they take.
RTFD
From the resource forks of Classic apps, to versioned and new-style bundles in 2001, document packages, then the incorporation of signatures and notarization tickets.
Second beta adds support for all metadata keys, has an extensive Help book, and saves results in a text file. Discover the keywords you can search for.
Automated image analysis and other tools store keywords in many different types of files. To search effectively for keywords, though, you need to know which terms have been used.
What’s the difference between plain text, marked-up plain text, and rich text? How can I tell them apart, and how do they work?
Big Sur 11.3 fixed a bug which stopped indexing of the contents of RTF files. Here’s how to ensure all your RTFs are now accessible in Spotlight searches.
Looks at plain text, CSV, XML, JSON, RTF, RTFD, .docx, .xlsx, and PDF. Which should you trust with your important documents in archives?
Getting strange errors when trying to copy an RTFD package? Try looking inside it, to see if it has developed recursive structure, like Russian dolls.
Is it worth entering author name, title, keywords and so on in a document’s Properties?
What are the differences, what can you do with each of the two formats, and when should you use them?
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