FAR Text Converter Plugin 1.00 Beta 1
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FAR Text Converter Plugin 1.00 Beta 1 is freeware product.
It may be freely distributed.

Text Converter is a plugin for FAR Manager.
FAR Manager can be downloaded at:
http://www.rarsoft.com

This Plugin recognizes the file formats of many common
word-processing, spreadsheet, and database programs. When
these types of documents are opened, Text Converter
automatically converts them to one of the export formats
selected by user.

Text Converter Plugin requires you have installed MS Office
Text Convertrs. Run MS Office Setup and click Add/Remove;
select the "Converters and Filters" option, and then select
the text converters you need.



HOW TO USE
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There are three ways to open file in Text Converter:

1) Set cursor on the file and press Ctrl+PageDown.

2) Set cursor on the file and call Text Converter Plugin from
   Plugin commands menu by pressing F11. This method works even
   if you have plugin disabled in configuration.

3) Type in command line:
   TextConv:filename
   where filename is a name of the file which you want to open.
   This method works even if you have plugin disabled in
   configuration.

If you have collision with other plugins. you can disable Text
Converter Plugin in configuration dialog and enter to document
files via Plugin commands menu or via command line. 



CONFIGURATION
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To open configuration window select the following items in FAR menu:
Options / Pligin configuration / Text Converter.
In this dialog you may change the following parameters:

Plugin Enabled       Enables / Disables plugin. It has no effect
                     if you use command line or plugin commands menu
                     for entering plugin.

Export file format   Sets export file format.

 

INSTALLATION
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1) Create "TextConv" directory in "Far\Plugins\" directory.
2) Copy all files from this packet to created directory.
3) Restart Far.



  This distrubutive packet contains following files:

  readme.txt    - This file
  file_id.diz   - Short Description file
  history.txt   - History of the Text Converter
  textconv.dll  - Text Converter Plugin DLL
  TConvEng.hlf  - Help file in English
  TConvRus.hlf  - Help file in Russian
  TConvEng.lng  - Plugin message strings in English
  TConvRus.lng  - Plugin message strings in Russian

Internet:

http://compress.da.ru
        
E-mail: igorp@geocities.com



OTHER PRODUCTS
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  FAR Plugins
  ~~~~~~~~~~~
    DocFile Browser:  Browsing, viewing and changing contents of the
                      compound files (OLE Starages and Streams):
                      MS Office documents and others.

    Resource Browser: Extracting and updating resources in EXE and
                      DLL files. Supported resources:
                      Bitmaps, Icons, Cursors, Strings, Menus
                      

  Compression software
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    7-Zip Archiver:   ZIP format compatibility.
                      Highest compression ratio in ZIP format.
                      Console 32 bit version for Windows 95/98/NT.
                      FAR Support.

    Document Press:   Compresses MS Office documents and other
                      compound files. After compression, files 
                      can be used without any decompression.

These and some other programs can be found at:

http://compress.da.ru



---
  Igor Pavlov, the author of the Text Converter Plugin.



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