-=PCTechTalk=- Re: txt file upper limit?

  • From: Tori <verse@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:50:25 -0500

Actually Word97 at least will save in .txt if you choose.  It defaults to .doc
but it will save in a variety of formats.  My version of Wordpad saves
only in .doc as Notepad saves only in .txt but Word itself can save in
most file types.

Tori

donelias@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> For me, it is that NotePad is so simple and WordPad is a little
> more trouble.  What I do is use NotePad for "small" jobs and
> switch to MS Word for bigger jobs - I don't normally use
> WordPad.  NotePad saves files with NO formatting as TXT
> files - very simple.  WordPad's default is to save them as
> DOC files, which is also the default for Word documents.
> So if I want to open a DOC file saved from WordPad,
> I have to convert it to a MS Word 97 file - a small problem
> but an extra hassle.
>
> Don Elias
>
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:03:00 -0500 Tori <verse@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > I can never figure out why anyone uses Notepad instead of Wordpad
> > in the first place.  It's far more limited in options as well as
> > size.  Takes
> > no longer to do it in Wordpad and have a nicer looking finished
> > product
> > that doesn't give error messages or size limitations.  Aren't both
> > standard
> > in all versions of Windows?
> >
> > Tori
> >
>
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