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Exporting documents into text files
You can export documents into rich-text files, ASCII text files, and word processing files.

Tip To export only part of the document, select the part you want to export, then perform any of the following procedures.

To export documents into rich-text files

1. Open the document to export.

2. Click File > Export.

3. In the Export dialog box, click Microsoft RTF in the Save as type list.

4. In the File Name box, either create a new file by typing a name and the extension RTF (required), or replace data in an existing .rtf file with the exported data by selecting the file.

5. If you select a file that already exists in the directory, click Replace to overwrite that file, or Cancel to return to the Export dialog box so you can enter a new filename.

6. Select the drive and directory to store the exported file.

7. Click Export.

8. If you select a file that already exists in the directory, click Replace to overwrite that file, or Cancel to return to the Export dialog box so you can enter a new filename.

To export documents into ASCII text files

1. Open the document to export.

2. Click File > Export.

3. In the Export dialog box, click ASCII Text in the Save as type list.

4. In the File Name box, either create a new file by typing a name and extension, or replace data in an existing file with the exported data by selecting the file. The file you are exporting can have any or no file extension.

5. Select the drive and directory to store the exported file.

6. Click Export.

7. If you select a file that already exists in the directory, click Replace to overwrite that file, or Cancel to return to the Export dialog box so you can enter a new filename.

8. Click a character set for the exported file -- either Default, International, or Unicode. For more information, see Using Unicode to add special characters to documents .

9. Specify how many characters Lotus Notes can fit per line in the ASCII file. The default is 75 characters.


10. Click OK.

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To export documents into rich text format (rtf) files

You can export documents to Microsoft rtf files, and then open the rtf file in the word processor of your choice.

1. Open the document to export.

2. Click File > Export.

3. In the Export dialog box, click Microsoft RTF in the Save as type list.

4. In the File Name box, either create a new file by typing a name and the .rtf extension, or replace data in an existing file with the exported data by selecting the file. You must give the file you are exporting the .rtf extension.

5. Select the drive and directory to store the exported file.

6. Click Export.

7. If you select a file that already exists in the directory, click Replace to overwrite that file, or Cancel to return to the Export dialog box so you can enter a new file name.

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