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Opening and saving documents
EasiWriter lets you work in documents which can be created, edited, saved and
printed. EasiWriter can also open and save Edit files and read 1st
Word Plus documents. It also lets you read and write MS Word, RTF
(Rich Text Format) and HTML documents. It can also write Postscript.
A special form of document known as a Stationery pad lets you make a
master copy of styles and text used often, such as a letter heading or the
format for a document. Creating a new document does not affect the Stationery
pad.
Creating a new document
- Click on the EasiWriter icon in the icon bar, or
- Double-click on a Stationery pad, or
- Click Menu on !EasiWriter on the icon bar and choose a Stationery
pad from the Stationery menu or
- Drag a Stationery pad icon onto the EasiWriter icon in the icon bar.
Opening an existing document
- Double-click on the document's icon, (hold down Ctrl to load the
document into memory) or
- Drag the document's icon onto the EasiWriter icon in the icon bar, or
- If you already have an EasiWriter document open, press F2 to open a
dialogue box where you can open another EasiWriter document by specifying its
pathname.
If you don't specify a pathname EasiWriter will look in the CSD (currently
selected directory) for the document.
Reading Microsoft® Word documents
Documents created using MS Word 6, 7, 8 (Office 97 & 98) and 9 (Office
2000) can be read by EasiWriter & TechWriter. From version 7.08 text only
will be extracted from earlier versions.

If the document has the filetype MSWord it can be opened by
double-clicking on it or by dragging it on to the Easi/TechWriter icon on the
Icon bar.

If it has the filetype DOS it can be opened by dragging it on to the EasiWriter
or TechWriter icon on the Icon bar. Alternatively, in RISC OS 4, if it has an
extension i.e. filename/DOC and MimeMap is correctly set up, double-clicking
will load it into EasiWriter.
- If ImageFS2 is loaded, graphics embedded in the Word file will
be converted to Paint or Draw formats and displayed in the document.
- If ImageFS2 is not loaded, or it cannot convert the graphic
(e.g. some PICT files) or the graphic is only represented by its file name, the
graphic will be represented by a grey rectangle on the screen.
Saving a new document
- Open a directory display where you want to save the document.
- Click Adjust on the Save button or choose Document
from the Save menu (or press F3).
- Edit the name of the document.
- Drag the document icon into the directory display.
Saving an existing document
If you want to re-save the document in the same place with the same name:
- Click Adjust on the Save button.
- Choose Document from the Save menu (or press F3) then
press Return, or
- Choose Save from the Main menu, or
- Press Ctrl-Shift-S to save without dialogue in same place with the
same name and file type as loaded.
Saving in another format
EasiWriter can also save documents in Microsoft Word and HTML format and as
PostScript files.
MS Word
EasiWriter can write Microsoft® Word documents that can be read by versions
6, 7, 8 (Office 97/98) and 9 (Office 2000)
- Choose Word from the Save menu and drag the file into a
directory viewer.
The document will have /DOC appended to its file name and will be given the
file type MSWord.
- Save the document onto a disc in DOS format if you want to transfer it to
another type of computer such as an Apple Macintosh.
Note: Saving to a DOS disc is not recommended as it can be very slow. Save to a
local or RAM disc and then copy to DOS.
HTML
Documents can be saved as HTML (HyperText Markup Language).
- Choose HTML from the Save menu and drag the Save icon
into a directory viewer.

- Click on 'Split at break' to automatically:
- split the document into smaller documents wherever a Section or Chapter
start new page is found.
- Generate a linked Table of contents.
- Auto link the pages.
See Creating multiple page HTML documents for more information.
When saving HTML it is best to use Image FS2's Options... to
make JPEGs and GIFs inactive. EasiWriter will automatically convert Pictures to
GIFs.
Note: You can limit the length of the lines by setting Maximum line length in
the EasiWriter Choices menu on the Iconbar.
Postscript
EasiWriter can save documents as Postscript.
- Make sure that you have a postscript printer driver loaded on the icon bar.
- Choose Postscript from the Save menu drag the Save
icon into a directory viewer.
RTF
Rich Text Format. This format can be useful to export formatted text to other
applications that can read RTF. Pictures will be ignored.
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