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Conversions

to

or

from

ASCII

fi

les

are

carried

out

according

to

the

IBM

PC

Code.

For

details

about

code

page

switching,

refer

to

your

DOS

manual

(DOS

command

mode

device

codepage).

A

table

on

page

299

shows

all

characters

that

you

can

correctly

convert.

Characters

which

are

not

included

in

that

table

are

converted

into

blank

spaces.

Operation

•

Your

Brother

word

processor

can

only

read

720

kb

or

1.44

Mb

DOS

formatted

diskettes.

Be

sure

the

ASCII

file

created

on

your

personal

computer

is

saved

on

this

type

of

diskette.

•

When

you

save

an

ASCII

file

on

diskette

using

your

personal

computer,

be

sure

to

save

the

file

in

the

root

directory

(AA

or

BA)

of

the

diskette.

Your

Brother

word

processor

recognizes

only

those

files

saved

in

the

root

directory.

•

Also,

be

sure

to

add

the

extension

".TXT"

to

the

file

name

of

any

ASCII

file

created

on

your

personal

computer

so

that

your

Brother

word

processor

can

identify

the

file

as

an

ASCII

file.

EXIT

COPY

DELETE

RENAME

*CCtis,13/EIZE

ALL

DELETE

PRINT

ASCII

,TXT—>WP

TEXT

.11V17.

1.

Insert

the

diskette

with

the

file

to

be

converted

in

the

disk

drive.

2.

At

the

WP

INDEX

screen,

press

MENU

to

display

the

menu.

3.

Type

O

to

select

CONVERT.

4.

Type

W

to

select

WP

TEXT.WPT—>ASCILTXT;

or,

type

A

to

select

ASCILTXT—>WP

TEXT.WPT.

The

CONVERT

INDEX

screen

shows

the

list

of

source

files

(WP

files

if

you

selected

WP

TEXT.WPT—›ASCILTXT

or

ASCII

files

if

you

selected

ASCII.TXT—>WP

TEXT.WPT),

and

this

message

appears:

Select

a

fi

le

to

convert

and

press

RETURN.

Press

CANCEL

to

exit.

5.

Move

the

cursor

to

the

file

to

be

converted

and

press

RETURN.

You

can

also

press

CANCEL

to

exit.

6.

When

converting

a

WP

file

into

an

ASCII

file,

you

have

two

options:

TEXT

ONLY

and

TEXT

WITH

LAYOUT.

Press

4-

and

-3

to

select

the

option

and

press

RETURN.

The

message

shown

below

will

appear.

This

message

appears

immediately

after

step

(5)

when

converting

an

ASCII

file

into

a

WP

text

file.

TEXT

ONLY

removes

any

formatting

code

from

the

file.

When

you

import

such

a

file

into

a

personal

computer

word

processing

program,

the

text

is

automatically

adapted

to

the

format

of

the

PC

word

processing

program.

BR

Word

Processing

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