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Plain Text Files

Doc-O-Matic supports plain text files as external documentation source. Doc-O-Matic offers several ways to use information stored in plain text files. To use information stored in plain text files you can:

  • Add plain text files to your project. The content can be divided into several topics. Doc-O-Matic displays them in the Topic Preview.
  • Convert plain text files into DTX files and add the DTX files to your project. You can edit the files in the Editor.
  • Include plain text files in a topic using the include tag or the editor command Insert Text Include. Doc-O-Matic displays them in the Topic Preview.
  1. On the Project tab, in the Add group, click Add Files .
  2. Locate and open the folder that contains the file you want to add.
  3. Click Open.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Click No, to add plain text files to your project. The Topic Preview displays the content of the files. You can export the content of the files to the output formats but you can not edit the text in the Doc-O-Matic Topic Editor.
    • Click Yes, to convert files into DTX files. The content the files is saved as DTX files and added to your project. You can edit the text in the Doc-O-Matic Topic Editor. The files are not altered in any way.
  1. On the Quick Access Toolbar, click Settings .
  2. Click the General Settings tab.
  3. Select [General Settings] > General > File Types.
  4. In the File list, select Plain Text.
  5. Click Change.
  6. In Extensions enter the filename extension you want to add.
  7. By default you can add .txt plain text files to the project.

In addition, you can add files using the Import Folder or the Add Folder command on the Project tab or the Manage tab of the Project Manager. If you import topic files Doc-O-Matic extracts all relevant files from the added directory and adds them to the project. If you add a directory Doc-O-Matic attempts to detect relevant files in the added directory each time you parse your project. With this feature you can make sure that all files in a directory are included in your Doc-O-Matic project.

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