I generate a txt list from my art program and it opens in Atlantis. Now it started putting in an extra space between the lines. It is set for single line spacing. I have been over all the settings & can't see what has changed.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Carol
Extra spaces between lines in list
Hi Carol,
As I understand things, you have a pure text file (with a “.txt” extension) that you open in Atlantis. This text file is actually a list of items, separated by empty paragraphs. You want to remove the empty paragraphs. Here is how to:
1. Select the whole list.
2. Press "Ctrl+H".
3. In the "Find" box, enter “^p^p” (without the quote marks).
4. In the "Replace With" box, enter “^p” (without the quote marks).
5. Press the “Replace All” button.
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
As I understand things, you have a pure text file (with a “.txt” extension) that you open in Atlantis. This text file is actually a list of items, separated by empty paragraphs. You want to remove the empty paragraphs. Here is how to:
1. Select the whole list.
2. Press "Ctrl+H".
3. In the "Find" box, enter “^p^p” (without the quote marks).
4. In the "Replace With" box, enter “^p” (without the quote marks).
5. Press the “Replace All” button.
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
Hi Carol,
You could open your “.txt” files in “Notepad2” (http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html), then click “Edit | Block > Remove Blank Lines”, or even more simply, press the corresponding hot key, i.e. “Alt+R”. This would remove all blank lines from your lists. You can then copy/paste the clean versions into Atlantis.
Alternatively, you could use “Notepad++” (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v5.9.3.html), and click “TxtFX | TxtFX Edit > Delete Blank Lines”.
Note that both Notepad2 and Notepad++ are freeware.
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
You could open your “.txt” files in “Notepad2” (http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html), then click “Edit | Block > Remove Blank Lines”, or even more simply, press the corresponding hot key, i.e. “Alt+R”. This would remove all blank lines from your lists. You can then copy/paste the clean versions into Atlantis.
Alternatively, you could use “Notepad++” (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v5.9.3.html), and click “TxtFX | TxtFX Edit > Delete Blank Lines”.
Note that both Notepad2 and Notepad++ are freeware.
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
I am using ACDSee to generate the lists. I highlight whatever items I want in the list and press Generate File List. It then opens the default text viewer with the list.
Wordpad & Notepad do not generate the lists. ACDSee opened them to view the text. They work perfectly only I want a few more features.
Carol
Wordpad & Notepad do not generate the lists. ACDSee opened them to view the text. They work perfectly only I want a few more features.
Carol
As I now understand things, ACDSee generates lists and displays them in whichever editor is associated with “.txt” files on your system.
What you could do is save these “.txt” files from Wordpad or Notepad, then open them in Atlantis. If these “.txt” files display without blank lines in Wordpad or Notepad, they will display in the same way in Atlantis.
What you could do is save these “.txt” files from Wordpad or Notepad, then open them in Atlantis. If these “.txt” files display without blank lines in Wordpad or Notepad, they will display in the same way in Atlantis.
Seems a shame I now have to use 2 programs to do what Atlanis
used to do alone. ACDSee would open it & the text it would be in the correct format & I was done in a flash & on to more lists.
Your first tip on removing the empty paragraphs worked and will be the fasted route to go, I believe.
Thanks again,
Carol
used to do alone. ACDSee would open it & the text it would be in the correct format & I was done in a flash & on to more lists.
Your first tip on removing the empty paragraphs worked and will be the fasted route to go, I believe.
Thanks again,
Carol
Hi Carol,
Your sample file opens in the same way in most editors (Wordpad, Notepad, Programmer’s Notepad, Notepad++, Notepad2), and in MS Word 2007 too, i.e. it seemingly displays East-Asian characters. Atlantis does a better job of it: it opens it almost correctly, except for the first two extra characters.
This is because the native encoding of that file is “UTF-16 Little Endian” (or “UCS-2 Little Endian”) with UNIX line endings (LF). It is a most unusual file format for a file meant to be displayed on a Windows system in a Windows application.
In short, Windows applications have trouble displaying such files because they are encoded in a wrong format for a Windows system.
If at all possible, you should make sure that ACDSee generates your lists in a proper Windows format ("ANSI", "Unicode", "UTF-8").
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
Your sample file opens in the same way in most editors (Wordpad, Notepad, Programmer’s Notepad, Notepad++, Notepad2), and in MS Word 2007 too, i.e. it seemingly displays East-Asian characters. Atlantis does a better job of it: it opens it almost correctly, except for the first two extra characters.
This is because the native encoding of that file is “UTF-16 Little Endian” (or “UCS-2 Little Endian”) with UNIX line endings (LF). It is a most unusual file format for a file meant to be displayed on a Windows system in a Windows application.
In short, Windows applications have trouble displaying such files because they are encoded in a wrong format for a Windows system.
If at all possible, you should make sure that ACDSee generates your lists in a proper Windows format ("ANSI", "Unicode", "UTF-8").
HTH.
Cheers,
Robert
I generated this same file in Wordpad, Notepad, Notepad++, and in MS Word 2007 from ACDSee & they all did it correctly. No odd characters at the beginning or extra spaces between lines.
The only format setting I can see in ACDSee is set to Western.
I'll try the ACDSee forum & see what they say now that I have an idea what I am looking for.
Thanks,
Robert.
The only format setting I can see in ACDSee is set to Western.
I'll try the ACDSee forum & see what they say now that I have an idea what I am looking for.
Thanks,
Robert.
If Wordpad, Notepad, Notepad++, and MS Word 2007 correctly display the files that ACDSee temporarily opens in them, how come these files display wrongly in the same applications when they have been saved to your hard disk? The file you attached to your post does not display correctly in either Wordpad, Notepad, Notepad++, or MS Word 2007. Word 2007 does display “Example.txt” correctly (at least in the same way as Atlantis) when we specify that it IS a Windows file. The file native encoding is not a Windows standard encoding.
When you save a text file from Notepad, you specify file name and type (i.e. “*.txt” text file). But the Notepad “Save As” dialog includes an additional setting, that of the file “Encoding”: you can choose between “ANSI”, “Unicode”, “Unicode big endian”, and “UTF-8”. Whenever you save an English text file, please make sure that “ANSI” or “Unicode” is selected.