Re: Word applies direct format on File open

Plain text is a document format containing only characters in the ASCII
character set. If you open an HTML document with the plain text filter
(select the document in the file open window and from the down arrow
alongside the Open button select 'open with Word'. You will be presented
with a bunch of file open options. Select 'plain text'. This will open the
document in the manner you have described.

Word will let you format that document with any font you like, but if you
save it as plain text all that formatting will be lost, because plain text
doesn't support that. If you change the plain text style to use Times Roman
font then select all the document and press CTRL+Space to apply it to the
document. However the above proviso remains, the plain text format does not
support proportional fonts.

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Uriel wrote:
> Sorry, but I don't understand your points. Maybe I should be clearer
> that I *want* to open the .HTM as plaintext -- i.e. I want to see
> <i>html formatting codes</i>. (I want to see "<i>" rather than have
> Word show the text formatted as italics.)
>
> You say "Plain text cannot use proportional fonts like TNR." But Word
> permits me to modify the "Plain Text" style to use TNR.
>
> Also don't know what you mean by text filter. Is my installation
> missing a component? As mentioned, "Text file" is offered as a
> conversion option when I select a .TXT file in the File/Open dialogue.
>
>
> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 1. Plain text cannot use proportional fonts like TNR, so you are not
> going to succeed with this.
> 2. You should be able to use the old filter (which was removed for
> security considerations). The text filter is linked from the
> downloads page of my web site. Whether it will do what you want is
> another matter entirely. You may also need the old htm filter. I
> don't have a link for that one, but if you still have access to the
> Word 2000 equipped machine .......
>
>
> Uriel wrote:
>> Puzzle #1: With Word 2003, when I open a file using the "Plain text"
>> file conversion option, Word assigns the "Plain Text" style to each
>> paragraph, which is not surprising; but it also applies direct font
>> formatting (confirmed via Reveal Formatting) so that the font is
>> Courier New even though I've redefined the "Plain Text" style to use
>> Times Roman.
>>
>> Puzzle #2: In Word 2000, I used to routinely open .HTM files with the
>> "Text file" conversion option. This option is no longer presented as
>> an option in Word 2003 when I select an .HTM file to open. (It *is*
>> presented as an option when I select a .TXT file.)


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