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Why would RTF files created with Pandoc be opened as plain text?

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I'm experimenting with Pandoc, in particular the markdown to RTF function. When I run the converter, the resulting RTF is opened in both Word and OpenOffice as plain text (where the text looks like RTF, but isn't treated as RTF). Converting to HTML works fine. Here is the command I used: Here is th…

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pandoc -f markdown -t rtf -o sample.rtf sample.txt

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Fix for: Why would RTF files created with Pandoc be opened as plain text?

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You just need to use the '-s' (or '--standalone') option when invoking pandoc. Otherwise pandoc produces a fragment, not a full standalone RTF file.

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