notepad formatting

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michael munson

Since upgrading to Windows XP (home for some computers,
XP Professional for others), I've run into a change in
how NOTEPAD handles text.

When I copy/cut from notepad and past into e.g. a textbox
online, into MS Word, into an email (Outlook or Eudora),
into a LiveJournal text box, etc.... the text that looks
fine in Notepad ends up having MANY line breaks in it
after being copied.

Is there ANY WAY to get Notepad to format as it used to --
as straight ASCII text?

Thanks.

michael munson
(e-mail address removed)
 
Check your word-wrap setting.


| Since upgrading to Windows XP (home for some computers,
| XP Professional for others), I've run into a change in
| how NOTEPAD handles text.
|
| When I copy/cut from notepad and past into e.g. a textbox
| online, into MS Word, into an email (Outlook or Eudora),
| into a LiveJournal text box, etc.... the text that looks
| fine in Notepad ends up having MANY line breaks in it
| after being copied.
|
| Is there ANY WAY to get Notepad to format as it used to --
| as straight ASCII text?
|
| Thanks.
|
| michael munson
| (e-mail address removed)
 
-----Original Message-----
Check your word-wrap setting.
Click to expand...


Yes, I've toggled it both ways and the same results
happen. When I paste from it, it's like there is an
added blank line between text lines. This is happening
on more than one computer, so i don't think it's a fluke!

michael
 
michael said:
Since upgrading to Windows XP (home for some computers,
XP Professional for others), I've run into a change in
how NOTEPAD handles text.

When I copy/cut from notepad and past into e.g. a textbox
online, into MS Word, into an email (Outlook or Eudora),
into a LiveJournal text box, etc.... the text that looks
fine in Notepad ends up having MANY line breaks in it
after being copied.
Click to expand...

Next time you do a Save As in it, check the drop down at the bottom is
on ANSI encoding
 
-----Original Message-----
Next time you do a Save As in it, check the drop down at the bottom is
on ANSI encoding
Click to expand...

Thanks. I did check this. However, when I just tested
again (copied it below), this is what results....

Any other ideas? I used to use notepad all the time to
draft everything from HTML code to other notes, etc...
and when I cut and paste now, it really messes things up
to have the extra hard returns/linebreaks/something put
in.

-----------------------------
Paragraph 1. testing to see if the notepad will

actually save and copy without the nasty little

line breaks that are really irritating. testing to

see if the notepad will actually save and copy

without the nasty little line breaks that are

really irritating. testing to see if the notepad

will actually save and copy without the nasty

little line breaks that are really irritating.


Paragraph 2. testing to see if the notepad will

actually save and copy without the nasty little

line breaks that are really irritating. testing

to see if the notepad will actually save and copy

without the nasty little line breaks that are

really irritating. testing to see if the notepad

will actually save and copy without the nasty

little line breaks that are really irritating.


Paragraph 3. testing to see if the notepad will

actually save and copy without the nasty little

line breaks that are really irritating. testing

to see if the notepad will actually save and copy

without the nasty little line breaks that are

really irritating. testing to see if the notepad

will actually save and copy without the nasty

little line breaks that are really irritating.
 
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