Converting a Word document to .rtf

[jimflint1]

I'm looking for a cheap and easy way to convert a document created in Word to a file I can open up and have it look exactly the same as the Word document, in Open Office Writer. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I was thinking a conversion to an .rtf file would do, but Word doesn not directly convert to .rtf.

[soybean]

I was thinking a conversion to an .rtf file would do, but Word doesn not directly convert to .rtf.

  What?  One of the options for file format when you Save As and click the drop down arrow for Save as Type is .rtf. 

[jimflint1]

I was thinking a conversion to an .rtf file would do, but Word doesn not directly convert to .rtf.

  What?  One of the options for file format when you Save As and click the drop down arrow for Save as Type is .rtf. 

I thought so too--but I don't have Word myself. A person who is trying to send me a file said there wasn't a way to do it.

[soybean]

Well, that person needs some guidance then.     .rtf is definitely one of the file formats that can be selected when saving the file.  However, depending on what formatting features were used in creating the Word document, I believe some of that may be lost when converting to .rtf.