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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

Opening an existing document

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.

Saving a new document

  1. Open a directory display where you want to save the document.
  2. Click Adjust on the Save button or choose Document from the Save menu (or press F3).
  3. Edit the name of the document.
  4. 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:

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)

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).

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.

  1. Make sure that you have a postscript printer driver loaded on the icon bar.
  2. 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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