Can't see columns with RTF export in Word

[John Oram]

Uncouth as it may be to reply to one's own email, I thought that 
you'd all be excited to know that if you save to RTF, open in 
TextEdit, save as .doc, and open in Word, columns survive the 
transition.

At 6:32 PM -0800 12/6/04, John Oram wrote:
>Hey everyone-
>
>I can't see columns when I export to RTF and then open in our 
>favourite program, Word.  I've tried this on both the Windows and 
>Mac.  Things look fine when I open in TextEdit (and even WordPad on 
>the PC, bizarrely).  The main part of the doc is there, but the spot 
>where I would expect the column data is completely empty.
>
>When exporting to text using plain text (with spaces) , is there a 
>way to set the width of the page?  It looks to be 80 columns or so 
>which forces an early line wrap in, you guessed it, Word...
>
>Also, when exporting to text, if an item contains an inline note, 
>the following line bumps up against the bottom of the note.  (Lines 
>without notes leave a CR.) I didn't see any vertical spacing options 
>to add space *between* lines, just horizontal spacing options 
>between levels...
>
>-j
>
>p.s. I loooove the inline notes.  It's nice to not have to force a 
>hierarchy all the time.  And the autobackup has saved my as..., er, 
>documents a number of times already.
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