The Markdown text format makes it easy for people—not only software developers but anyone with a keyboard—to write text that can be converted readily into HTML or another rich format. What’s ...

Mind you, Rich Text Format is not the best format for a data table. As its name suggests, Rich Text Format is designed for text. It can represent basic tables, but that's not its bread and butter.

Ted Landau laments the lack of full support for Rich Text Format (RTF) files on his iPad.