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===Microsoft® Windows=== | ===Microsoft® Windows=== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad_(Windows) Notepad]: included with all Windows systems, but can't always handle very large files | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad_(Windows) Notepad]: included with all Windows systems, but can't always handle very large files. | ||
===Mac OS X=== | ===Mac OS X=== | ||
* [http://barebonessoftware.com/ | * [http://barebonessoftware.com/ BBEdit] is an excellent plain text editor. Look for the button "Free Download". You can use it free indefinitely; you will probably never need its paid features. | ||
==Saving Plain Text From Word Processors== | ==Saving Plain Text From Word Processors== | ||
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** Windows XP: Start, (All) Programs, Accessories, Wordpad. | ** Windows XP: Start, (All) Programs, Accessories, Wordpad. | ||
**File, Save As, change '''Save as type''' to '''text document'''. To prevent automatic addition of ".txt" to the end of the filename, enclose the file name in double quotes before clicking the Save button. | **File, Save As, change '''Save as type''' to '''text document'''. To prevent automatic addition of ".txt" to the end of the filename, enclose the file name in double quotes before clicking the Save button. | ||
**To see the real, full name of the file you saved: See notes below for Windows | **To see the real, full name of the file you saved: See notes below for '''Windows'''<ref name="windows">To see the real, full names of files: '''Windows 10''': Start, enter "File Explorer" in the search slot, click on that in the list above. In File Explorer, under View, check ''File name extensions''. '''Windows 7 or Vista''': Start, enter "Windows Explorer" in the search slot, and then click on it in the menu above. In Windows Explorer: Organize, Folder and search options, View tab, Advanced Settings '''uncheck''' Hide extensions for known file types, OK. '''Windows XP''': Start, (All) Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer. There: Tools, Folder Options, View tab, Advanced Settings '''uncheck''' ''Hide extensions for known file types'', OK.</ref>. | ||
* Word: | * MS Word: | ||
**File, Save As, change '''Save as type''' to '''Plain Text (*.txt)'''. To prevent automatic addition of ".txt" to the end of the filename, enclose the file name in double quotes before clicking the Save button. | **File, Save As, change '''Save as type''' to '''Plain Text (*.txt)'''. To prevent automatic addition of ".txt" to the end of the filename, enclose the file name in double quotes before clicking the Save button. | ||
**To see the real, full name of the file you saved: See notes below for Windows | **To see the real, full name of the file you saved: See notes below for Windows<ref name="windows" />. | ||
* [http://libreoffice.org Libre Office Writer] or [http://openoffice.org Open Office Writer] (free, compatible with Word): | |||
**File, Save As, change Save as type to '''Text (*.txt)'''. | |||
**To see the real, full name of the file you saved: See notes below for Windows<ref name="windows" />. | |||
===Mac OS X=== | ===Mac OS X=== | ||
* | * '''TextEdit''' is bundled free with OS X. Before saving, check the <i>Format</i> pull-down menu. If it says "Make Rich Text" then you will save plain text. If it says "Make Plain Text" then click that to convert to plain text. If you are in Rich Text mode, there will be formatting buttons at the top of the window. If you are in Plain Text mode, there will be no formatting buttons. In Plain Text, you can display the entire document in bold or an unusual font (see <i>Format, Font</i>), but that only affects the display, not the saved file. The first time you save a new document, you get a choice of Plain Text Encoding. Unicode (UTF-8) is fine. | ||
* Pages: File, Export, click Plain Text, and proceed. Pages forces you to name the file something.pdb.txt (or something.spt.txt), so after you save the file, you can rename it. The file type (end of filename ".pdb", ".spt", etc.) is important on servers, so it is best to use the appropriate file type. | * '''MS Word for Mac''': File, Save As, then change '''Format''' to '''Plain Text (.txt)'''. At the ''Warning/Conversion'' dialog, check "Insert line breaks". | ||
* '''Pages''': File, Export, click Plain Text, and proceed. Pages forces you to name the file something.pdb.txt (or something.spt.txt), so after you save the file, you can rename it. The file type (end of filename ".pdb", ".spt", etc.) is important on servers, so it is best to use the appropriate file type. | |||
* [http://libreoffice.org Libre Office Writer] or [http://openoffice.org Open Office Writer] (free, compatible with Word) is available for macOS. File, Save As, change Save as type to '''Text (*.txt)'''. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
Latest revision as of 02:19, 4 February 2019
Plain text editors are software programs that save text as a plain (ASCII) text data file. Plain text editors may be contrasted with word processing programs that insert markup codes to indicate special features such as font style, font size, boldface, italics, etc.
Some of the files that you may need to work with in connection with Proteopedia are required to be plain text. Examples include PDB files and Jmol script files. After editing their contents, they will not work unless they are saved as plain text.
Plain Text EditorsPlain Text Editors
The following programs always save text as plain text. Therefore, it is impossible to change font size, use boldface, etc. in these programs. These are the safest programs to use because you need not remember to specify that your file be saved as plain text.
Microsoft® WindowsMicrosoft® Windows
- Notepad: included with all Windows systems, but can't always handle very large files.
Mac OS XMac OS X
- BBEdit is an excellent plain text editor. Look for the button "Free Download". You can use it free indefinitely; you will probably never need its paid features.
Saving Plain Text From Word ProcessorsSaving Plain Text From Word Processors
Microsoft® WindowsMicrosoft® Windows
- WordPad is included in all Windows systems.
- Windows XP: Start, (All) Programs, Accessories, Wordpad.
- File, Save As, change Save as type to text document. To prevent automatic addition of ".txt" to the end of the filename, enclose the file name in double quotes before clicking the Save button.
- To see the real, full name of the file you saved: See notes below for Windows[1].
- MS Word:
- File, Save As, change Save as type to Plain Text (*.txt). To prevent automatic addition of ".txt" to the end of the filename, enclose the file name in double quotes before clicking the Save button.
- To see the real, full name of the file you saved: See notes below for Windows[1].
- Libre Office Writer or Open Office Writer (free, compatible with Word):
- File, Save As, change Save as type to Text (*.txt).
- To see the real, full name of the file you saved: See notes below for Windows[1].
Mac OS XMac OS X
- TextEdit is bundled free with OS X. Before saving, check the Format pull-down menu. If it says "Make Rich Text" then you will save plain text. If it says "Make Plain Text" then click that to convert to plain text. If you are in Rich Text mode, there will be formatting buttons at the top of the window. If you are in Plain Text mode, there will be no formatting buttons. In Plain Text, you can display the entire document in bold or an unusual font (see Format, Font), but that only affects the display, not the saved file. The first time you save a new document, you get a choice of Plain Text Encoding. Unicode (UTF-8) is fine.
- MS Word for Mac: File, Save As, then change Format to Plain Text (.txt). At the Warning/Conversion dialog, check "Insert line breaks".
- Pages: File, Export, click Plain Text, and proceed. Pages forces you to name the file something.pdb.txt (or something.spt.txt), so after you save the file, you can rename it. The file type (end of filename ".pdb", ".spt", etc.) is important on servers, so it is best to use the appropriate file type.
- Libre Office Writer or Open Office Writer (free, compatible with Word) is available for macOS. File, Save As, change Save as type to Text (*.txt).
NotesNotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 To see the real, full names of files: Windows 10: Start, enter "File Explorer" in the search slot, click on that in the list above. In File Explorer, under View, check File name extensions. Windows 7 or Vista: Start, enter "Windows Explorer" in the search slot, and then click on it in the menu above. In Windows Explorer: Organize, Folder and search options, View tab, Advanced Settings uncheck Hide extensions for known file types, OK. Windows XP: Start, (All) Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer. There: Tools, Folder Options, View tab, Advanced Settings uncheck Hide extensions for known file types, OK.