How do I save a file as Text Only versus Plain Text?

[Jessi]

I'm trying to save a file as Text Only (*.txt) using Microsoft Office Word,
but do not have this option under "Save as type." The only option is Plain
Text (*.txt). This file type does not work for me. I'm importing the file
into another software and the file type must be Text Only. Any advice or
suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

[Anne Troy]

What's missing in plain txt?
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Anne Troy
VBA Project Manager
www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Tony Jollans]

Or what's in plain text that's causing the problem?

If the whole thing is wrong then you are probably using the wrong encoding
for your other software. Or, perhaps, the wrong type of carriage return
and/or line feed.

 

[Jessi]

When I save the fiel as Plain Text, I don't know how to change the encoding
from Unicode to text only. This is not an option under the encoding choices.
The software I'm importing into needs the file to be in plain text. I can
choose this option in Microsoft Word Me, but I'm not too sure how in
Microsoft Office Word XP. Any advice is greatly needed.

Thanks again, Jessi

 

[Tony Jollans]

In 2003 (and I assume XP is similar) when you click on Save in the Save
Dialog you get a Conversion dialog - the default is "Windows" ANSI
(non-Unicode) - does it cause a problem when you use this?

 

[Graham Mayor]

You probably need the old converter for this - linked from the downloads
page of my web site.

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[Elly Bennett]

What is the download called?

You probably need the old converter for this - linked from the downloads
page of my web site.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm guessing it would be "MS-DOS Text with Layout converter for Word." And
please don't change the subject line on existing threads.

 

[Nu 2 Consignment Store]

I'm trying to save a file as Text Only (*.txt) using Microsoft Office Word,
but do not have this option under "Save as type." The only option is Plain
Text (*.txt). This file type does not work for me. I'm importing the file
into another software and the file type must be Text Only. Any advice or
suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

[Chuck Davis]

Copy the entire document to the clipboard and paste into Notepad. Have you
actually tried importing the Plain Text file. A ".txt" file is a ".txt"
file....