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What is a text file format. Since 1995 more than 100 tech experts and researchers have kept Webopedias definitions articles and study guides up to date. The file format specifies first whether the file is a binary or ASCII file and second how the information is organized. Users can also open documents in the odt format in Word 2019 Word 2016 and Word 2013.

There is no standard definition of a text file though there are several common formats including ASCII a cross-platform format and ANSI used on DOS and Windows platforms. What is a TXT file. With Microsoft Windows computers text files are identified with the txt file extension as shown in the example picture.

Delimited text files txt in which the TAB character ASCII character code 009 typically separates each field of text. It can be opened and edited in any text editor or word processor. While text-based files are easy to create they often use up more space than comparable binary files.

For example a Microsoft Word document saved in theDOC file format is best viewed in Microsoft Word. It enables the creation and storage of text without any special formatting. PDF is another formatted text file format that is usually binary using compression for the text and storing graphics and fonts in binary.

A TEXT file is a simple text document that contains unformatted ASCII text. These files contain unformatted text documents that can be read by a variety of word processing and text editing applications. Comma separated values text files csv in which the comma character typically separates each field of text.

A file that holds text. They are used to store notes step-by-step instructions manuscripts and other text-based information. The term text file is often used as a synonym for ASCII file a file in which characters are represented by their ASCII codes.