Microsoft KB Archive/141936

= Writer: How to Import Text =

Article ID: 141936

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Creative Writer 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1a
 * Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1b
 * Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1c
 * Microsoft Creative Writer 1.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1a for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1b for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1c for Macintosh

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SUMMARY
This article describes how to import text from other word processing programs into Creative Writer.



IMPORTING TEXT
Creative Writer can import plain text files saved from other programs. To import text into Creative Writer, the file must be saved from the original program as plain text.

Text cannot be imported directly into the Moosepaper, Cardvark, or the Banneroceros wizards.

To import text into your Moosepaper, use the following steps:
 * 1) Go to the Writing Studio.
 * 2) In the Writing Studio, click on McZee's Bag, then click the Portfolio.
 * 3) If you know the name of the file, click RatDog and type the name of the file, then click Find It Ratdog.

If you don't know the name of the file, under Contents, use the arrows to scroll down to Outside of Imaginopolis. Click Yes, keep looking.
 * 1) When the file has been found, select the name and click Go.
 * 2) Click the Page Format tool, then select the number of columns for your newspaper.
 * 3) Click the Text tool, and then the Shape tool to create a title for your newspaper.

To import text into the Cardvark or Banneroceros wizards:
 * 1) In the original program, highlight the text that you want to import into Creative Writer.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 3) In Creative Writer, go to the Projects floor, select the Banneroceros or Cardvark, then when the card is on the screen, place the cursor where you want the text to be. You may need to press the ENTER key to move to where you want to place the text.
 * 4) Click the Scissors/Glue tool, then click the Glue tool to paste it into the document. Once it's in Creative Writer, use the Text tool to format the text.

For more information about copying and pasting from Creative Writer and Fine Artist, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

107723 Writer/Artist: Copying Text and Graphics

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