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   From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   mst3kluv  writes:   
      
   >I have another question (As for the MSTing I've chosen a post from   
   >another forum that I go to.) What program do you use to format your   
   >MSTings? I used Microsoft Word 2007, but when I tried Joseph Nebus's   
   >MSTing formater on his website, it displayed a bunch of gibberish.   
   >What am I doing wrong?  (The MSTing in question should be done soon)   
      
   	Offhand, I expect the problem is you stepped in the Microsoft.   
      
   	My MiSTing formatter does assume that you're uploading a raw,   
   plain text file with pure ASCII; Word has undoubtedly clogged your file   
   with all manner of bizarre glyphs so that anything you really wanted to   
   have erased is still lurking waiting to embarrass you.   
      
   	I'd recommend opening the file in WordPad (it's somewhere in the   
   'Accessories' menu from the Start button) and saving it as a 'Text   
   Document', which will undoubtedly make the Microsoft complain that you   
   are at risk of losing all your formatting instructions.  Since you don't   
   want formatting instructions this is a good thing, but try telling the   
   Microsoft that.   
      
      
   	For my MiSTings I usually use emacs (if I'm working from a remote   
   computer) or TextWrangler, which is a nice plain-text editor, but that's   
   coming from the Mac universe.  I don't know of equivalent programs with as   
   generally nice a set of features for the Windows world. (Well, I know that   
   emacs is ported to Windows, but emacs is not something to inflict on the   
   casual user.  Or the experienced.)   
      
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