You've started something now
I migrated some DBase files to a Microsoft system many years ago using Foxpro for Dos but I have been looking through my old notes for more information. I don't remember the files we migrated having any text formatting in them at all. The .dbf table layouts were totally different but it was possible to do a straight import. The problem areas were memo fields but they migrated with a little bit of persuasion.
It looks like the programs you use work like word processors and store the data in a DBF memo field.
Is there an option to export as csv?
You would lose the formatting but keep the data.