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What is plain text on the PC?


Speaking plain text is easy, but what is plain text on the PC, what does it mean, is it a special text format?




1.) ... plain text or non-formatted text is any text!
2.) ... Associating plain text files with the file extension!




1.) Plain text or non-formatted text is any text!

Plain text or non-formatted text is any text, text file, or document that contains only text. Unlike an RTF document , a plain text file cannot contain formatted text, fonts, larger font sizes, or other special text formatting. 

The image is a visual example of plain text versus formatted text.

Plain text (... see Image-1 Point 1) 

Formatted text (... see Image-1 Point 2) 


(Image-1) plain text and formatted text
plain text and formatted text

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2.) Associating plain text files with the file extension !

Most associate plain text files with the .txt file extension on Microsoft Windows computers, however,
they can all be unformatted text files. A text editor such as Microsoft Notepad  is used to view a txt-only file. However, all text editors, including Microsoft WordPad and Word, can also be used to view plain text files as they do not have any special formatting.

There are tools like QTP that ►► insert plain text from the clipboard without formatting


See also:

►►  How do I create a text file?
►►  How can I insert plain text or text without formatting from the clipboard?
►►  Where is WordPad in Windows 10/11 (Find, Open, Help)?
►►  Where is the text editor in Windows 10 / 11, (Notepad, find, open, start)?



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