[Eug-lug] help with rtf files

[mhough]

Dear folks,

I'm new to Linux and I'm having difficulty figuring out how to make an rtf 
file created in Linux readable in Windows, and vice versa.

I'm using Windows XP on a hard disk with MSWord;  Knoppix 3.2 on a CD with 
OpenOffice;  and I want to put the rtf file on a SanDisk flash drive.   I 
don't understand "mounting".   I don't know how to detect (or 
control)  what drive I'm saving to in Linux.   And I don't know how to tell 
when I need to do things (like mounting)  in Bash and when they are done 
for me by OpenOffice.

Can you help?  Thank you.

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