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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

Leave a space after each of these tags:

{\rtf                   start rtf file
\ql                     align left (default)
\qr                     align right
\qc                     center
\par                    new line
\page                   new page (difficult to do in HTML
\tab                    tab
\ul                     underline
\ul0                    underline off
\b and \b0              bold on and off
\i and \i0              italic on and off
}                       end rtf file


The following displayed as expected in Abiword, with default font and 
font size and colors.  If you save it with abiword you get a LOT of junk 
added (probably all the defaults).


{\rtf
\qc\b\ BIRTH CERTIFICATE \b0\
\ql\ul\ Underlined paragraph which will wrap pico and 
let's see what Abiword does with it.\ul0\
\i\ Italic line\i0\
\qc\ Another centered line.  How do I skip lines or double space? 
}

{\rtf
\par\ql\ left align
\par\qr\ right align
\par\qc\ center
\par\ql\ left align \ul\ underline \ul0\ non-underlined
\par\b\ bold \b0\ non-bold
\par\i\ italic \i0\ non-italic
}


For more tags see http:\\keesan.freeshell.org\bl.rtf.txt .
Contrary to instructions I did not need to start with
{\rtf1\ansi\fnil\.....  just {\rtf and end with }.

This could be sent to anyone using MS WORD, or printed using Abiword.
It is about the same size as HTML and does not require learning CSS for 
page breaks.

One could also do search and replace instead of typing the tags out.
Other ideas?

You do need Abiword (or Ted) to check for errors, but without viewing it 
graphically you could still type up formatted text at a shell account.

I find the text in Abiword harder to read than that in a VT.  And I don't 
have to access any menus this way, or remember the control characters for 
bold.  (For some reason I can remember \b and \b0 more easily).