• READ & WRITE FILE simply reads and writes a file, processing it as specified by the selected popup menus and checkboxes.
• MAKE PARAGRAPHS selectively strips carriage returns (CRs) from lines, while removing line feeds (LFs), so that CRs denote paragraphs, not lines. Lines followed by 2 or more CRs indicate end of paragraphs. Additionally, indention (a space or tab is the first character) indicates the start of a paragraph. Use this or the following option if you plan on importing the file to a page layout or word processing program. If you’ll be using the file on a DOS-based computer you should also choose to have LFs added to each paragraph.
• MAKE PARAGRAPHS2 works like MAKE PARAGRAPHS, except indention is ignored when processing lines.
• WORDSTAR™ -> TEXT clears the high bit in WordStar files, while removing LFs, to create text files. You may also choose to have dot command lines removed.
• ADD or STRIP CHARACTERS adds or strips LFs and/or CRs.
• FORCE LINE WIDTH reformats lines to a specified width, while removing LFs, without splitting words.
• SPACE RUNS -> TAB replaces consecutive spaces greater than a specified number with a SINGLE tab.
• TABS -> SPACE RUNS replaces each and every tab with a specified number of spaces.
• CSV -> TAB DELIMITED removes quotes and replaces commas with tabs. This would convert the line "Wind, Jon",2.8,"Shareware"<CR> to Wind, Jon<tab>2.8<tab>Shareware<CR>. You may also choose to have all but numbers removed. CSV stands for Comma Separated Values.
• TAB DELIMITED -> CSV replaces tabs with quotes and commas. This would convert the line Wind, Jon<tab>2.8<tab>Shareware<CR> to "Wind, Jon",2.8,"Shareware"<CR>. You may also choose to have quotes placed around all fields.
• TAB DELIMITED -> FIXED replaces tabs in tab delimited files with an appropriate number of spaces so that each field is arranged in a fixed, columnar format padded with spaces. The position and number of tabs in the FIRST line determine the number of spaces to be used. Fields are left justified by default.
• TAB DELIMITED -> VARIABLE replaces tabs in tab delimited files with an appropriate number of spaces so that the characters are arranged in a variable length, columnar format padded with spaces. The position and number of tabs in the FIRST line determine the number and width of the columns to be created. Columns are left justified by default. Up to 128 tabs per line can be processed.
• VARIABLE -> TAB DELIMITED inserts tabs in files in which characters are arranged in variable length, columnar format padded with spaces. The first line of the file must contain mapping information for tab placement. This is simply a list of the field widths, each separated by a comma. Thus the line 5,8,3,10 indicates a total of 4 fields, the first of which is 5 and the last is 10 characters wide. Selecting the “Remove bounding spaces” checkbox causes leading and trailing spaces to be removed from ALL tab delimited fields. Up to 128 tabs may be specified per line.
• FIXED -> TAB DELIMITED inserts tabs in files in which characters are arranged in a fixed length, columnar format padded with spaces. Selecting the “Remove bounding spaces” checkbox causes leading and trailing spaces to be removed from ALL tab delimited fields.
◊ LEADING SPACE RUNS may be ignored, removed, or replaced with a SINGLE tab.
◊ CASE may be ignored, ALL characters converted to upper or lower case, or the FIRST LETTER of words or sentences capitalized. “Force Words” and “Force Sentences” also convert all but the first letter to lower case. Determination of sentences is NOT infallible.
◊ QUOTES & APOSTROPHES may be ignored, curled (converted to “”, ‘’, or ’), or uncurled (converted to "", '', or ').
◊ MAXIMUM CONSECUTIVE BLANK LINES may be ignored, or limited to 0, 1, 2, or 3 lines.
‚àö FILTER NOISE CHARS removes ALL characters with ASCII values lower than 31 (control characters) except for tabs, LFs, and CRs.
‚àö NORMALIZE SPACES limits spaces; 1 between words and 1 or 2 (defined in preferences) between sentences. Spaces are NOT inserted, only removed. Determination of sentences is NOT infallible.
√ MAKE ELLIPSES converts ... (3 periods) to … (an ellipsis).
‚àö MAKE EM DASHES converts -- (2 hyphens) to - (an em dash), optionally removing spaces on either side of the dash.
‚àö STRIP TRAILING SPACES removes trailing spaces from each line.
√ MAKE LIGATURES converts “fi” and “fl” pairs into their respective ligatures.
• REPLACEMENT CHARACTERS may be entered via the keyboard or clipboard as normal characters, or in #ASCII format (“Jon” could be “#74#111#110” or “Jo#110”). Replacement strings are limited to 20 characters and only operate within a line OR 220 character (160 for “Tabs –> Space Runs” or “Tab Delimited –> CSV”) block within a line, whichever is shorter.
