Microsoft KB Archive/20320

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

File: Converting a PFS File
Last reviewed: October 26, 1994

Article ID: Q20320

Summary:

To convert a PFS file to Microsoft File, do the following:


 * 1) In the PFS file, from the Functions menu choose Print Forms. Do not specify any forms when converting the whole database; click only Print Forms. Otherwise, specify the forms to be converted.
 * 2) Click Print To Disk, making sure that the Print Items number box is unchecked. Type "0" (zero) in the Lines Per Page box. Click OK and give the file a name.
 * 3) PFS asks which fields to print. Put a plus (+) after each field name (indicating two spaces) except for the last field name, which should be marked with an "x" to indicate a carriage return.
 * 4) Click the Start Printing button.
 * 5) The PFS file is now a text file. Using a word processing program, all double spaces need to be replaced with tabs. This can be accomplished by loading the text file into Microsoft Word.
 * 6) In Microsoft Word, choose Change from the Utilities menu.
 * 7) In the From What box, type two spaces. In the Change To box type "^t" (without quotation marks).
 * 8) From the File menu, choose Save As.
 * 9) Click the File Format button, and select the Text Only option. Click OK, then click Save.
 * 10) In Microsoft File, create a form to accommodate the PFS file document. Correct the number and types of fields.
 * 11) From the File menu, choose Open Datafile. Select the text file created in Word and open it.