OT: What is this text format please

[Mel Smith]

Hi:

I received a file thru an intermediary from a remote client (with an
Apple computer) with the extension: .twd

I have to open and process this file, but cannot seem to find a program
to do so.

Open Office was flummoxed by it too !

I placed the header of this file below, and would appreciate someone
telling me what proggie made it, and what conversion programs can decipher
it and (perhaps) turn it in to a .doc or a .pdf file

Thanks for any guidance !
--
Mel Smith

****************************
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1187\cocoasubrtf340
{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 ArialMT;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
{\info
{\keywords cursorLocation=1507,
fitsPagesWidth=1}}\margl1008\margr1008\margb432\margt576\vieww14920\viewh15800\viewkind1\viewscale117
\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\qc

\f0\b\fs50 \cf0 \ul \ulc0 MESSENGER
\b0 \

\b\fs42 April, 2013 \ulnone \

\b0\fs26 \
\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural

*********** the middle of text **********************
etcetera, etc, etc
********** and finally **************
\
\
\
\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural

\i \cf0 \
\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\qc

\i0 \cf0 \
\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural
\cf0 \ul \
\
}{\*\shppict {\pict \jpegblipPageWidth pageWidth = 511.199982}}

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[F.Trautwein]

Hi,

RTF ?

I copied and pasted your file in a text editor and named it test.rtf and
opened with MS-Word.

Regards,

Fausto Di Creddo Trautwein

[Ella]

Hello,

MindMapper seems to be a proprietary grandfather of Visio:
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5708074_file-extension-twd_.html

Ella

[Mel Smith]

Hi F. Trautwein and Ella:

F. Trautwein:
I try doing what *you* did. Thanks !

Ella:
I also tracked down MindMapper too, but couldn't open it with their
product.

Both:

Meanwhile, I finally got thru to the original writer. She said that she
bought a new MacBook Air, and sh got with it a 'free' app called 'tword'
which is supposed to be a report writer or some such thing. I told her to
try to buy an upgrade where she could 'export' her docs to a m ore universal
format.


Thank you both, and now I'll try F' Trautwein's suggestrion

-Mel

[Mel Smith]

> F. Trautwein:
> I try doing what *you* did. Thanks !
>
>

> Thank you both, and now I'll try F' Trautwein's suggestrion

Hi Fausto:

Ultimately I had to go to an on line 'hustler' to convert the .rtf file
to a .doc file before my OpenOffice set of tools was able to work with the
file. Every step of the way I was bombarded with advertisements to *buy* a
converting product. I'm surprised that OpenOffice does not recognize or
work with .rtf files or, if they *do*, I still get an Open error on this
.rtf file

Thanks again for the hint !

-Mel Smith

[F.Trautwein]

Mel,

LibreOffice 4.0.0.3 was able to open the test.rtf file, even WordPad. I
don´t know if a complex file will open. If you want I can test another
file with LibreOffice, just send it to my email.

F.Trautwein

[Mel Smith]

Fausto said:

> LibreOffice 4.0.0.3 was able to open the test.rtf file, even WordPad. I
> don´t know if a complex file will open. If you want I can test another
> file with LibreOffice, just send it to my email.

Hi Fausto:

I, too, was able to open the complete file with WordPad !!

However, my (much more powerful) OpenOffice suite of programs said
"General Error, General Inpout/Output Error"

So, I guess OO is the culprit here ! In the many sets of formats, it
'says' it can handle is .rtf files. But, I guess not !

Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll leave it alone for awhile now.

*and* Thanks again for the .rtf suggestions !

-Mel