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Answer» Hi - Formatting text in WordPadGeek-9pm Computer_Commando Thanks for your reply, however, I am not describing my problem clearly enough. I have written a page in WorkPad. What I need is for someone to tell me where to save it so that I can retrieve it in the future so that I can edit it. I hope this helps. BobSave it as a file...not a Folder... By default it will save to the My Documents folder... Give it a name you can remember. Or you can also save it to the Desktop for easy access...Patio - Thanks for your reply. I have read the help and support panel and have tried what has been suggested but no joy. The WordPad document has 2 different font sizes. I can print it and the 2 different font sizes print correctly. I can save the WordPad document and I can recall it and edit it. Any time I save the document I loose the font differences. From then on everything is the same size. I guess what I want is not possible. Thanks Bob Quote from: Computer_Commando on July 18, 2011, 06:26:26 PM Save file as filename.rtfYou have not replied to this. What format are you choosing when you save your Wordpad file? Are you absolutely sure you're using Wordpad, not Notepad?soybean - Thanks - Yes I have tried using rft. That gave me a file I could not make any sense of. I use text because I can read that, and yes I am using WordPad. I tried Notepad but could not get what I wanted. You must realize I am not very smart with computers. I just try things until I get what I want and I could not get anything to work on this problem. Bob Is there a reason you are using wordpad instead of some of the free word processors in programs like OPENOFFICE or google docs?rthompson - Yes there is a reason. I have learned to use wordpad and I don't know about anything else. It has done what I want to do until now when I wanted to use 2 different font sizes. I can live with only one font size, I just thought it would be nice to have the heading enlarged. Thanks for your though. BobDon't give up. Save it in RTF only. Do not use TXT format. Do not try to look at RTF with notepad. Use Word pad with RTF for all documents when you want persistent control of the font size. When you save a file in TXT, font information is lost.Yeah, save as rtf. Though i suggest you to use a more complex text editor, more like Microsoft Word. Quote from: Bobh on July 19, 2011, 05:26:14 PM until now when I wanted to use 2 different font sizes. I can live with only one font size, I just thought it would be nice to have the heading enlarged.Wordpad definitely will save a file in RTF format with more than one font size. It's a very simple matter. Create your file. Save it in RTF format, which I believe is the default format. Then, whatever you saved, font and all, will be displayed when you open that file. If this isn't working for you, then apparently you don't know how to do this simple task. I don't know what else we can advise that hasn't already been said. If you lose font sizes when saving a file, that indicates you are saving it Text format, not RTF. Yet, you say you are saving in RTF format. That simply makes no sense, so I don't see how we go any further with this. Looks like you'll have to spend the rest of your life with one font size. Edit: I've attached a Wordpad with three font sizes used in it. Save it to your hard DRIVE and then open it. Does it still have the three sizes? [RECOVERING disk space - old attachment deleted by admin]Instead of using wordpad, you can get the libreoffice suite or the Open Office Suite. Both are open source free alternatives to Microsoft Office if you don't already have it.Hi - To all of you that answered, my thanks to you. The people who answer questions in this forum have taught me what little I know and I appreciate help. I have not mixed RTF and text. I have tried both but separately. When I have tried RTF I have saved what I have written and it went to a file in "documents". When I go to "documents" and click on the file then I can open it. When I open it I do not get anything I can read. soybean - I hate to admit it BUT when you say " Save it to your hard drive and then open it" I do not know how to save it to my hard drive. I got your attachment to a file in my "documents" and when I OPENED it I could not read it or understand it. Apparently I am doing something wrong in the way I open it. Your sending an example was a good idea as we now know I don't open it right. Please try again. Bob |
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