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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