![]() Which is why they’re perfect for sharing. Their layout and formatting stay the same, regardless of which device, operating system, or application you’re using.And the software company Adobe began developing them in the 90s. Portable Digital Format (PDF) files: For when you want to share documents There are hacks to work around this (e.g., Mac’s TextEdit can open DOCXs), but most aren’t ideal.Ĥ. They’re a Microsoft product, and you’ll need to open them with Microsoft Word. Unlike TXTs and RTFs, you can’t open them with just any text editor. As well as check spellings, grammar, and track changes made to documents. But you can also insert complex images, tables, charts, headers/footers, hyperlinks, comments, references, watermarks, macros, and a host of other things. You can format and align your text, like with RTFs. They have every conceivable editing feature you’ll need. ![]() And back then, they had a ‘.doc’ extension. Microsoft began developing them in the 1980s. When you think ‘word processing,’ you think DOCX files. Word Documents (DOCX): The ultimate in word processing The RTF format is ‘owned’ by Microsoft, but you can open them on any operating system (like Unix, Macintosh, and Windows).ģ. They’re easy to open, just like TXT files.So, change the font, increase the letter size, add paragraphs, align/justify your text, add bulleted lists, etc. You can format your text and insert simple images.And they’re more like regular word processing documents. Rich Text Format (RTF) files: TXT files that you can format As well as hardware devices like smartphones and eReaders (like the Amazon Kindle).Ģ. In fact, you can open TXT files on web browsers like Chrome and Firefox. But you can open the same file on a Mac, too, with TextEdit. So, you can open them on a Windows computer, with software like Notepad, Wordpad, or Microsoft Word. ![]()
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