Registered: Feb 2000
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Can the visor read text files or do I have to cnovert it to a special format? And if I have to convert it, what software would I use?

T.I.A

Registered: Feb 2000
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The Palm OS cannot read .txt files like your computer can, but there is a conversion program that you can use for Office 97 or 2000. The program is called palmdocs ( I'm about %99 sure of the name) which you can find at palmgear.com
BEN

Registered: May 2000
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 49

I purchased Documents to Go to do this.... works great! Very powerful.

Registered: Nov 1999
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Interests: Women, Drums, Visors, Computers, Home Theater and any cool gadgets.
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Just want to toss in a vote for ISILO. This program is well worth the registration price. It is IMHO much better than Advantgo for web pages as you have more, and easier, control when things get updated etc.. It also includes a great conduit program for converting documents into Palm doc format. So it not only converts and reads your web pages it acts as your document reader as well, what more can you want.
No I have nothing to do with it aside from being a loyal user

I am on various joke lists so when I got about 1000 jokes saved in a folder, I exported them all to one big text file that was 3.5 megs. ISILO converted it to a doc file that it could read and it was only about 1.6 megs. Not bad for 1000 jokes I also have various FAQ files I got from the net like the Urban Folklore FAQ. Great read if you never looked at it. I love useless facts etc�
Now all of these are in ISILO web format so cannot be viewed by standard doc readers but for me this isn�t a problem.

It is a great program that you can use for many things.

Now if you want to keep it in standard doc format I was going to really recommend a neat freeware program I got awhile back called DocInOut. The problem is the guys homepage isn�t there and I cannot seem to find this on palmgear.com at all now. This was a great little program that installed itself to the context menu in Windows so you would just right click on a text file and select a �Make pilot doc� option. It would then convert it very easily for you. Lots of options etc.. Great program but I cannot tell you where to get it��



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Registered: Dec 1999
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Yes, yes, and yes. I've tried all of these. Personally I went with Palm Docs, but I've had many spirited discussions with my co-workers on the other two.

I also LOVE Quicksheet.

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Posts: 170

I'm just looking for a simple FREEWARE program that will allow me to paste simple medium-sized text documents into my Visor. Right now, I can cut and paste from my PC into the memo pad via Palm Desktop, but each memo pad entry can hold only so much text (about a letter-size page's worth -- don't ask me how many bytes that is) before it splits it into a separate entry or entries...

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I use RichReader Freeware 1.60. There's an RTF to Doc converter that comes with it. So you can save Word docs as an RTF, then convert it. I got it at PalmGear HQ. There's also RichReader 1.61 that can convert and read more types, but it isn't freeware.

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Posts: 170

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Originally posted by Samurai:
I use RichReader Freeware 1.60. There's an RTF to Doc converter that comes with it. So you can save Word docs as an RTF, then convert it. I got it at PalmGear HQ. There's also RichReader 1.61 that can convert and read more types, but it isn't freeware.

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