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===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. | * 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. | ||
* Word | * 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. | * 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://openoffice.org Open Office Writer] (free, compatible with Word) is available for OS X. | * [http://openoffice.org Open Office Writer] (free, compatible with Word) is available for OS X. | ||