Erik,

What I notice is that you say the .txt format, but in my world, that  
means absolutely no format-- just ascii characters.  But, there may  
be mismatch between the file name (i.e. .txt extension) and whether  
it was truly saved as plain text by Nisus.  Merely changing the name  
doesn't change the contents, though it may determine how the contents  
are treated.  Typically by choosing the file type to save as auto  
adjusts the file name extension.  TextEdit can change type face and  
size, and even bold etc., but it applies to the whole document, and  
is NOT saved, though you can changed user settings defaults for  
viewing plain text files.

Do you perchance have the file name extensions turned off from  
showing all the time?  If so, you could quickly become hopelessly  
confused.  I have just resorted to having them show all the time,  
ugly as they may seem to a Mac user, but I don't have to deal with  
this sort of confusion...

Does this help any?

	Ben Andrus
	(where we  just endured a snow blizzard which was blamed for 600  
wrecks in the state!)

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On 2010 Nov 24, Wed, at 3:36 pm, Erik Richard Sørensen wrote:

> Hello...
>
> Sometimes I receive some documents in the .txt format.
>
> Normally I open these files in NWP (latest), and nearly everytime  
> these are containg plain text in Times 12p - a very few times also  
> Times New Roman 12p...
>
> Documents are not 'Read Only' or in any other way locked.
>
> Sometimes I need to edit these files, but keep the .txt format.  
> This I do in NWP such as changing font to Arial 13p instead which  
> is quite a lot more readable for me than the Times fonts. - Also I  
> change some of the text content such as adding or removing partial  
> text, paragraphs, sedctions etc.etc..
>
> Hitting the COM+S of course saves the changes - at least so I  
> thought... But sure it doesn't.:-(! The only things that is changed  
> is if I remove part of the text - such as a paragraph. Added or  
> changed paragraphs aren't savbed, font changes aren't saved, margin  
> changes aren't saved, header/footer changes aren't saved.
>
> I also have tried to use the 'Save As' and created a new .txt  
> file... Result is the same as above - only deleted text parts are  
> 'saved' - i.e. the removed text is no more in the file.
>
> Creating a new blank document and then copy+paste the text from the  
> original .txt document, use save as... Exactly same result... -  
> Only deleted/removed text are gone. Fonts, sizes, styles,  
> formatting are exactly as the original document.
>
> Opening these .txt docs in BBEdit 8.5.x tells that all files are  
> created with MSO Word2003 or Word2007 using Times 11p or Times New  
> Roman 11p.
>
> Saving docs in either .doc, docx or .rtf save and keep any of my  
> changes exactly as I've set them.
>
> OK, now it's beginning to be 'funny'... Opening these .txt files in  
> Word2008 for Mac, making the changes and then just hit COM+S saves  
> _any_ changes!
>
> OK, over again... Opening the files in TextEdit, making the  
> changes, hitting COM+S _doesnot_ keep changes except deleted text.
>
> OK, once more... Opening the files in Bean 2.4.x, making the  
> changes, hitting COM+S _doesnot_ keep any changes except deleted text.
>
> OK, twice more - opening in BBEdit 8.5 as well as TextEdit Plus,  
> making the changes, hitting COM+S in BBE and COM+SHIFT+S in TEP, -  
> no changes are kept except deleted text...
>
> OK, last try... Opening and editing the files in OpenOffice 3.2.1,  
> hitting the COM+S _doesnot_ save any changes either - except  
> deleted text...
>
> ...Then I gave up.:-( - And began to save the files into .rtf....
>
> ...What the neat nice Nisus is wrong with these .txt files...???
>
> PS. Creating new documents in NWP and then copy and paste any text  
> from any documents except those received via the internet, editing  
> and then saving in .txt format using 'Save AS' works just normal in  
> NWP.
>
> Cheers from a totally frustrated
> Erik Richard
>
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