Exporting files to Plain Text

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To export files to plain text

1.Choose Export... from the 'File' menu.
2.Select the page range you want to export.
3.Select Discard file list if you want same-named files to be overwritten - see File List.
4.Choose Plain text as the 'Format'.
5.Click Options... to set more options for export.
6.A filename (with extension .TXT) and folder are supplied. To create a different filename or extension, type in the new name or use wildcards. To select a different folder to store the file, use the Browse button.
7.Tick Run the associated program after creating the file if you want EscapeE to open the file immediately using your preferred program, e.g. Microsoft® Notepad.
8.If you want to export all the text of the job, ensure that All text is selected under 'Fields to be output'. If you just want to extract the data fields, select another option: see Extracting data fields to plain text.
9.Click OK to export the pages.

See also

Export formats