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Reading text as RTF/FMTmemo text

As Rich Text Format (RTF) formatted text technically uses basic ASCII text (ASCII code 32-126), you may actually insert some very simple plain text into a standard Paradox or dBASE Memo field like this:

and re-opening the field (in PdxEditor*), you will see this:

However, as perfectly pair matched braces is a strict precondition for properly interpreted RTF text, you probably should not do this manual RTF coding except for illustrative purposes.

Opening such a table in some other application without the auto-convert feature, the Memo text field may be saved/exported as a text file and given the *.rtf extension to be read as formatted text with some word processor.

*:  or some other Memo to RTF/FMTmemo auto-convert enabled application

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