Category: Geeks r Us
I've got a txt file that I wrote with XP and need to save it as a doc file. Normally, I only work with txt and rtf but I need to upload this one. In Windows, the only two editors I use are Wordpad, which only does txt and rtf, and Notepad, which only does txt. So I saved the file to a floppy and put it into my laptop for use with Wordperfect 5.1. I hit f10 to save but it immediately saved it to disk without asking me where I wanted it saved or in which format I wanted to save it. So what's the command to save as a .doc or to bring up the list of file extentions? Thanks.
Okay, it did save that time. Apparently, the command is the same. I just put .doc at the end instead of .txt. Ah, that was easy. I love easy things!
As for why it didn't send me to the save prompt before, I have no idea. But I seriously think the floppy drive on that machine is going, which is very very bad indeed.
Keep in ind the .doc extension offerred by WP5 is not really at all the same format that we call .doc today, Word still has to convert it if you plan to open te file in Word. I've seen exactly files created with Wp5 and Wp6 with a .doc extension crash word if you do not go to open and choose @WP5@ files from the file type dialog. To that extent a .rtf format works much better. At least this was the case with a wp5 file and Word 2003 on Windows XP, SP2, it crashed Word but after killing it through the Task manager I reopened the file using the filetype specified and and it worked, no problem. Just don't think .doc is an unchanging standard so often you are better off saving a file as .txt or .trf because virtually any Word processing program you'll ever come across has the ability to read these files.
I usually only use txt and rtf. But this stupid place requires doc, pdf or xls. I found MS Word 5.5 on the Microsoft site and was excited to try it out but the file is 3.3 mb! How do they expect someone to fit that onto a floppy holding 1.44 mb? I mean, it's a DOS program. Hello folks, break it up!
May be this means it is time to move past the floppy, just may be, given that a memory stick the size of your thumb, costing 40 dollars or less can hold 32gb of data, your insistance on using completely antiquated floppy disk technology is rather to blame for the problem than some people's stupidity.
I'll have no problem putting it into my Compaq cause that's got a cd rom drive, but this one doesn't and has no support for LS 120,. I also can't find my pcmcia compact flash card, which would make things alot easier. I love those but they're hugely expensive. In any case, most places that offer DOS software for download break it up into smaller files, usually things like Disk 1 and 2. this seriously makes me wonder if MS Word 5.5 was released on a cd rather than floppies, since it's a single .bin.exe file here.
I know there are programs out there for slpitting files into floppy disk sized pieces, might want to Google file split floppy disk, or something to that event.
Also have you checked www.empowermentzone.com
Lots of Word Perfect and possibly dos type tutorials on there, and it's an excellent site beisdes for all sorts f apps.
Ooh, awesome! I never knew about them. Thanks hugely for the tip. Will check them out. I like tutorials.
Wow! That site is a total mess. They have links to various parts of the page, but instead of putting the relevant material under those links, they put it all on one page! Definitely need to do this on the XP machine cause I'm getting a headache using the Mac. Still, if I eventually do find some good info, programs or resources, it'll be worth it.
I just saw the bit about file splitters. I never even knew those existed. That should make things easier. Now I just need to find an accessible one. Very nice.
you know all this could of been avoided if you just printed the txt file to a PDF.
I don't use pdfs. As a matter of fact, I try to avoid them at all cost and immediately convert them with accessible PDF Reader when I find them. I'll see if it'll save a txt as a pdf though, just out of curiosity. I love that little batch of programs.
All the links at the top of that web site are "same page links" meaning, clicking one should bring you to that relevant section of the web site. If it does not do that it might be a bug in VoiceOver, probably worth reporting to them.
pdf's brilliance lies in its platform independence so I am quite happy with them actually, now that Adobe has made them mostly accessible.
txt is also multiplatform and alot more comprehensible. Probably rtf too but not sure on that one. To me, if something's not fully accessible, I'm not interested in it. And I see no reason to complicate something as simple as a document.