Hello,

I have been advised to save electronic files in .txt because its generic
and I won't have to migrate the files when I change software. However I
understand that it strips out the coding which makes it useless for
complex files such as reports.

I have been advised to perhaps save complex electronic files in .rtf which
will only change some coding.

Do anyone have opinions about this? Currently I'm keeping most of my files
in the original format either WP or Word because these translate pretty
well when you migrate to an updated version of these two wordprocessing
packages. Eg. Wordperfect 5 to Wordperfect 10.

Thanks for any advise or experience. Anne

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                              Anne McKeage
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                    Archives of Hamilton Health Sciences
           and the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
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