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Sharing information with other applications
You can share files and graphics between HCL Notes® and other applications using a number of different techniques.
Working with shared information
These tasks explain how to import and export data between Notes and other applications.
Exporting documents into text files
You can export documents into rich-text files and word processing files.
How can I export documents into ASCII text files?
Do the following to export documents to ASCII text.

Sharing information with other applications
You can share files and graphics between HCL Notes® and other applications using a number of different techniques.
- Getting started with sharing information
  These tasks explain how to copy data into Notes, and how to share your Notes data with other applications.
- Sharing information with other applications quick reference
  This quick reference card is a list of instructions for common tasks and shortcuts for sharing information with other applications, which you can print and keep at your desk for easy reference.
- Working with shared information
  These tasks explain how to import and export data between Notes and other applications.
  - Importing and exporting
    You can import data from many popular applications into a HCL Notes® document or view, and export data from a Notes document or view into many of the same applications.
  - Importing files into documents that have rich-text fields
    You can import text files, word processing files, HTML files, graphics files, and spreadsheet files into documents that have rich-text fields, as long as the source file is stored in a location you can access, such as your local hard disk drive or file server.
  - Exporting documents into text files
    You can export documents into rich-text files and word processing files.
    - How can I export documents into ASCII text files?
      Do the following to export documents to ASCII text.
- Advanced shared information topics
  These tasks describe how to work with object linking and embedding, and how to import or export formatted data.

How can I export documents into ASCII text files?

Do the following to export documents to ASCII text.

About this task

Perform the following steps.

Procedure

Open the document to export.
Click File > Export.
In the Export dialog box, click ASCII Text in the Save as type list.
In the File Name box, either create a new file by typing a name and extension, or replace data in an existing file with the exported data by selecting the file. The file you are exporting can have any or no file extension.
Select the drive and directory to store the exported file.
Click Export.
If you select a file that already exists in the directory, click Replace to overwrite that file, or Cancel to return to the Export dialog box so you can enter a new filename.
Click a character set for the exported file -- either Default, International, or Unicode. For more information, see Using Unicode to add special characters to documents .
Specify how many characters Notes® can fit per line in the ASCII file. The default is 75 characters.

Note: Words that extend beyond the line length wrap to the next line.
Click OK.