atw: Re: Notepad

Not as far as I am aware Erica (Ferrigno).

A TXT file is just an ASCII file that can be read by almost any software 
application and is not in any way proprietary to Microsloth or restricted 
to use by the Notepad text processor application.

The only issue you might have is that the memory handling and functionality 
of Notepad are so poor, being an old fashioned DOS application, that 
Windows will insist that it is opened by a more capable / modern 
application such as Write or Wordpad, if you wish to re-display or continue 
working on it.

Makes no real difference.  ASCII is ASCII and text is text.

Just remember to keep the file size manageable if you want to transfer it 
using floppy disks, but then you can always compress the file size with an 
archiver such as LHA or ZIP, before sending it anywhere, in any case.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

Michael Granat
Write Ideas

At 15:58 27/2/2004, you wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>Does anyone know whether there are any restrictions to the number of
>characters allowed per row in a notepad file? Are there any other
>restrictions e.g. size of file?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Erica Ferrigno
>Technical Communicator - Communications Team
>
>CPA Software Solutions
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>
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