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geekgrrl wrote:
Klaus,

Thanks for taking the time to answer.
Normally what you suggested would work, but I have lots of these types
of files that I need to convert to TIFF images and I was hoping to
find a way to use a batch conversion tool that I already have.

Thanks again,
Sheri.

Klaus Linke wrote:
Hi,

No idea why Word acts that way...
It looks like a bug or very weird design to me.

You could save the document you have formatted the way you like it
as a template, say Text.dot.
Then next time you usually would open a text file, instead create a
new (empty) document based on that template, and use "Insert File"
to insert the text.

Regards,
Klaus



"geekgrrl" wrote:
Hello,

I am trying to open a .txt file in Word. The .txt file was created
on a mainframe and can be up to 134 characters wide. Is there no
way that I can get this document to display properly upon opening?

If I open the document, change the font used for Plain Text style
to be Courier New 8 point instead of Courier New 10 point, and
change the page layout to Letter Landscape, my mainframe txt file
fits on the page.

I can change (and have changed) the Plain Text style to always be
Courier New 8 point, and change my Normal.dot to have all my
documents automatically open in Letter Landscape with 1" margins.
This does not work when I open a .txt file using Word. It formats
the plain text as if it was letter portrait and places it smack in
the middle of my Letter Landscape page (basically increasing the
L/R margins from 1" to
2.17")

Is there a way to change how Word opens and formats a .txt file?
Without having to run extra macros and whatnot? I have a tool that
creates TIFF files by automating the opening and printing txt files
using Word to a special virtual printer, and if I can get Word to
open the .txt file in the format/layout I need then I can use my
tool to automatically convert my (many) txt files to the TIFF files
I need.

Thanks,
Sheri

Have you tried Wordpad with the Wrap setting where you want it?

With Word, you may have to use Paste Special; have you looked it?

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