how do I name saved docs?

[carmella12]

I am not sure if I know exactly the right way to word this or not. When you complete a doc find it in the windows file, then in the WC file, then the 115 file, and locate the one you are looking for, you CTR-A and then this is where I am stuck, I pasted it and saved it, but these extensions keep coming up and I do not know which to pick. My choices are RTV, windows 6.0, text doc, text doc for DOS, and unicode text doc. Is there a difference in what happens when you pick each one. and how do you known which one to pick and when?? I am so very confused!!!

I hope I worded all of this right.

Kristina

[Admin]

What program are you trying to save the documents in?

If you choose Notepad, you shouldn't have any of those choices, because Notepad saves test in the most "plain vanilla" of all formats. That's why I recommend using it -- Notepad text merges seamlessly with Word documents and documents on various transcription platforms.

If you're saving your document in Word or WordPad, just choose text doc. That's the simplest.

RTF is Rich Text Format, a type of text file developed by Microsoft that allows some formatting and graphics but allows documents to be shared between various Microsoft applications. The fact that it's formatted, though, means saving normals in this version could cause conflicts when you drop a normal into a new document you're transcribing.

Keep it simple. Unless you're only working in Word (in which case you'd save your normals in Word), save your normals in Notepad format so that the text is saved in as unformatted and as plain a way as possible; this will ensure your normal files are the most versatile possible so that you can be use them in a variety of word processing and transcription platforms.