RTF help text & Neuron Data

[Kay Wicker - Documentation <kayw%spedi -dot- spedi -dot- mn -dot- ORG -at- HARVUNXW -dot- BITNET>]

Can anyone tell me what the RFT (rich text format) tagging conventions
are and what they mean? Or, tell me where to get that info?
Right now, I want to do this but it's subject to change:

1) understand how Neuron Data (N.D.=a software development package) expects
   for tags on the help files that accompany its software.  (I can
   get this "understanding" by looking at N.D. online help development
   examples.)  (The N.D. salespeople *say* that their help files are
   in RTF format and they *say* I can use Word to enter text and
   output RTF files that the Neuron Data help environment understands.)

2) understand the tagging conventions that RTF produces

3) find out if 1) and 2) are significantly different.

4) find out if Neuron Data's help authoring tools are decent or whether
   to use another help authoring tool (ForeHelp, or Doc-to-Help, whatever).

5) if I use  another help authoring tool, is its output usable in
   Neuron Data environment.

So, what I'm asking TECHWR-L for is info. about 2) above.
(Can anyone dissuade me that the items 1) to 5) are unnecessary work and
overkill and that there's an easier way to figure out what help
authoring tools to use?)
Thanks!
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Kay Wicker    Documentation Specialist
St. Paul Software, Inc.    St. Paul, MN    U.S.A.
kayw -at- spedi -dot- mn -dot- org     voice 612-641-0963     fax 612-641-0609