• Don’t trash the original TEXT file until after verifying that A/S has done what you expected. The “Browse TEXT File…” option may be used to display the first 10-25k.
• Verify ALL settings, including replacement strings, before processing.
• Be aware of the order of processing:
  Read line
  Replacement set #1-9
  Filter noise characters
  Make ellipses
  Make em dashes
  Make ligatures
  Leading String (performed in main process when making paragraphs)
  Strip trailing spaces (performed in main process when making paragraphs)
  Quotes & Apostrophes
  Normalize spaces
  Adjust Case
  Perform Main Process
  Write line
• Change the Output File Creator to launch a program other than A/S when you double click on a TEXT file created by A/S. For example, changing it to “MACA” provides launching into MacWrite. Be sure that the file whose File Creator is used accepts TEXT files.
• Lines of text on a Mac are generally terminated with a CR, while DOS-based machines use a CRLF sequence. Therefore, if a Macintosh TEXT file is to be transferred to an DOS-based machine, it would be appropriate to select the “Add LFs to paragraphs” checkbox when it’s available, or the “LFs” checkbox when “Add characters” is chosen. “Uncurl” quotes and apostrophes should also be chosen.
• Consider processing a file 2 or more times to achieve the desired effect.
• Because replacements are made blindly, use a word processor to do conditional character replacement rather than A/S.
• If you plan on processing more than one file using EXACTLY the same settings, hold down the Shift key when selecting the “OK” button in the “Process Select” window or move all the files to be manipulated into a folder and process that folder.
• Make the most commonly used settings the default values by choosing “Save settings as Default,” and/or save them as separate files. Opening a settings file launches A/S, loading the values contained in that file.
• Notify the author if you find a bug, or it may not get fixed.
