[LinuxUsers] Document formats

[John R. Hogerhuis]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Jason Cotton <cottonjmc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm finding more and more that I'm doing cross platform work.  Windows, Mac,
> Linux, Android, Kindle....  I want to convert/save my documents and Ebooks
> (bought not stolen)  to a format that all of my devices will open and hold
> the formatting.  I'm thinking that .rtf is my best option.  I don't want to
> sit and convert over 3000 books to RTF (they are .doc or pdf now) if there
> is a better format.  Since the kindle just got updated and can read pdf
> natively i'm not sure I will bother with those but the doc files are well M$
> and well I won't go there.........
>
> And if rtf is my best solution does anyone know of an app or method to bulk
> convert them to .rtf.
>

PDF and HTML are excellent for cross-platform viewing.

RTF is archaic and limited.

If RTF, why not just go .TXT

-- John.