[Eug-lug] help with rtf files

Mr O notanatheist at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 16 01:24:07 PDT 2006


You need a new Knoppix for sure! I believe they're up to 5 now.
It should easily support plugging in a USB key and creating an
icon for you. If not we can give you instruction on doing so.

--- mhough <mhough at pacinfo.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Meta
> 
> 
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