SHARING INFORMATION WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS
Note To find out whether or not the field you want to import to is a rich-text field, click that field, and click Edit > Document Properties (switch to Document if necessary), then click Fields (second tab) and the field name in the left box. In the right box, any rich-text field is listed as Data Type: Rich Text.
For more information on how Lotus Notes imports formatting, see Features that Lotus Notes translates.
To import rich-text files
1. Edit the document, and then click where you want the imported file to appear.
2. Click File > Import. (This option is dim if the field you have clicked is not a rich-text field.)
3. Click Microsoft RTF in the Files of type list. The file you are importing must have the extension *.rtf.
4. Select the file's drive and directory and then select the file.
5. Click Import.
To import ACSII text files
3. In the Import dialog box, click ASCII Text in the Files of type list. The file you are importing can have any or no file extension.
6. Specify whether to preserve the existing line breaks in the text. If you click Yes, Lotus Notes saves the original line breaks, otherwise Lotus Notes fits as many characters as it can in a line. The default is 75 characters.
Tip If you see Preserve existing line breaks? while attempting to import some other type of file, such as an image, you neglected to select the file type before clicking Import.
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To import word processing files
You can import Lotus Word Pro, Microsoft Word, and WordPerfect word processing files.
3. Click the word processor for the file you are importing in the Files of type list.