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Text File Editor
DOS is Disk Operating
System.
Text File Editor is a simple editing program that allows you to create, read,
write, and edit DOS text files, also called ASCII text fries. Text File Editor is
supplied
on diskette.
Starting Text File Editor
Before starting, review
Text File Editor
is not a full-featured
word
processing
program,
but a program
these basic procedures
you can use to write
notes
and save them as ASCII text files, which
can be
from the Gelling Started
read by almost
any word
processing
program.
ASC/I
textj_es
contain
plain
chapte_ in Book 1:
text without
special
formatting
like boldfacing,
adjustable
tabs, and page
• Worltingwith Documents
• Saving Documents
breaks.
You can also import
ASCII text files into Word Processing
or export
• Working with Menus
from Word Processing
to ASCII (see page 64).
• Working with Dialog
Boxes
_ To start Text File Editor:
1. Insert
the diskette
labelled
Text File Editor..
2. Click on File Manager
from the Main Menu.
3. Click on the drive A icon at the bottom
of the screen.
The contents
of the
diskette
appear.
4. Click on the Text File,,Fa:litor icon.
5. To open
a new document,
select
New. A new document
appears.
OR
To open an existing document,
select Open from the File menu. A dialog
box appears, alloun'ng you to select an e_cisting file.
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