• Verify ALL settings, including replacement strings, before processing.
• Don’t trash the original TEXT file until after verifying that A/S has done what you expected. The “Browse TEXT File…” menu item may be used to display the first 10-25k.
• Most buttons may be selected by typing the first letter, or command-first letter, of its title. Command-period and Esc select “Cancel” buttons.
• Press command-z to undo all changes made in a dialog window. This is like pressing the “Cancel” button, except the window doesn’t close.
• Change the Output File Creator to launch a program other than A/S when you double-click on a TEXT file created by A/S. For example, changing it to “MACA” provides launching into MacWrite. Be sure that the file whose File Creator is used understands TEXT files.
• Lines of text on a Mac are generally terminated with a CR, while DOS-based machines use a CRLF sequence. Therefore, if a Macintosh TEXT file is to be transferred to an DOS-based machine, it’s appropriate to select the “Add LFs to paragraphs” checkbox when it’s available, or the “LFs” checkbox when “Add characters” is chosen. “Uncurl” quotes and apostrophes should also be chosen.
• Because replacements are made blindly, use a word processor to do conditional character replacement rather than A/S.
• Notify the author if you find a bug, or it may not get fixed.
