Importing Text Files
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Quickdex recognizes and converts Cardfile and Macintosh 
Quickdex files automatically, but has no automatic way of 
importing 'plain text' files. If you load a text file 
Quickdex will assume the entire text goes on a single card.

A plain text file can be converted to Quickdex format very 
easily however. To convert text to Quickdex format you must 
have a consistent character or series of characters 
separating each record (or card) in the original text file. 
This separator can be a Carriage Return (CRLF), a symbol 
(eg.!) or a string (eg. xxx). To convert the text to 
Quickdex format the separator must be changed to a Quickdex 
separator character, 0x7F or 127 decimal. In most Windows 
applications this separator would look like a 'box' 
character.

You can convert your separator character (or string) to the 
Quickdex separator character using a word processor or 
editor. For example in Windows Write, you would do the 
following.

      1 - Load your text file in Write (File, Open)
      2 - Choose Find, Replace from the menu
      3 - in the 'Find What:' edit box, enter YOUR record
          separator .eg !. xxx or whatever string you are 
          using. For Carriage Return use ^p (circumflex 
          followed by lower-case P). 
      4 - Tab to the 'Replace With:' edit box
      5 - in the 'Replace With:' edit box do the following:
          - hold down the 'Alt' key.
          - on the numeric keypad type 0127
          - release the 'Alt' key
      6 - Click on the 'Replace All' button
      7 - Choose File, Save As...
      8 - Save the file as a TEXT ONLY file.

The file is now in Quickdex format.