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  • plaintext usually a single compound word in cryptography and computing.

Noun

Singular plain text

Plural uncountable

plain text (uncountable)

  1. (cryptography) Unencrypted text, text that is readable.
    Using the sophisticated code was useless since the spy merely stole the plain text from the waste basket.
  2. (computing) Data which consists only of human-readable text, as opposed to machine-readable binary data or formatting markup.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sun Oct 18 08:09:37 2009

In computing, plain text is a term used for the contents of an ordinary sequential file readable as textual material without much processing, usually opposed to formatted text.

The encoding has traditionally been either ASCII, one of its many derivatives such as ISO/IEC 646 etc., or sometimes EBCDIC.

Unicode is today gradually replacing the older ASCII derivatives limited to 7 or 8 bit codes. It will probably serve much the same purposes, but this time permitting almost any human language as well as important punctuation and symbols such as mathematical relations (≠ ≤ ≥ ≈), multiplication (× •), etc, which are not included in the more restricted ASCII set.

From Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation License
Sat Dec 19 15:33:23 2009

Could anyone recommend a free PDF creator for making a poster full of plain text?
Q. I need to make a PDF to get a poster printed which is about 64X74 cm. I want the poster to be full of plain text in the American Typewriter font , so it looks like the page from a book. I have the text in word files ready to cut and paste so could anyone recommend a decent PDF creator that I can download please? Thanks.
Asked by stickyfingeredurchin - Fri Aug 28 12:16:29 2009 - - -1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. First i would like to know which format you want to convert to PDF, word? txt? Generally, you can use a office add-on SaveAsPDF to save word as pdf format. And here are some more free ways to convert different editable format to PDF, you can also have a try: Or if you want to create a PDF and edit it like a word processor, PDF editor is a nice choice, and it is also much cheaper than Adobe Acrobat, you also can have a try: Hope that helps...Good Luck~
Answered by Jasmine - Sun Aug 30 21:57:09 2009

How do I change the email box from Rich Text to Plain Text?
Q. I don't see that option on there. All I wanna do is be able to use emoticons and backgrounds.
Asked by Center C - Thu Feb 5 12:39:03 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You can't use the emoticons or backgrounds with "Plain Text". You need to have a formatting bar ("Rich Text") in order to do that. If you're using the All New Mail---OR---if your account has been updated---there will be a link on the composing page (to the right and above the TO line)---"Rich Text or Plain Text"---that enables or disables the formatting toolbar. Click --Rich Text --to enable it. Click---Plain Text ---to disable it. If you don't have that link---do this to get the formatting bar. Mail page>>options (top right)>>mail options (if available)>>scroll to and click on "general preferences". Go down to *Composing Email* and check the button by---"compose with color and graphics"---then click "save" at bottom of page. Either… [cont.]
Answered by LoneStar - Thu Feb 5 21:44:22 2009

Does anyone know how to send plain text email (NOT html) with yahoo mail?
Q. I need to send email to my phone & it must be plain text, not HTML
Asked by roloro1557 - Sun Sep 14 00:08:29 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. when you send an email, there should be a link on the opposite side as the attach files button saying Plain Text. Press that, and the words turn to "Rich Text". When that happens you are in Plain text mode. If you don't see this, you're probably on google chrome, and it's already in plain text.
Answered by youdontknowmeidontknowyoukthxbye - Sun Sep 14 00:18:31 2008

From Yahoo Answer Search: "plain text"
Sun Oct 18 07:58:50 2009

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Follow this URL to download the PDF or read the plain text ! By Audrey On September 24th and 25th, radicals and anti-capitalists from across the country got ...



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wanted fugitive - Galveston Police Department

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... Department before taking enforcement action. Use a valid e-mail address when posting. Your email address will not be made public or shared. Plain text only.
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Swine Flu Blog: September archive

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... meantime the HPA website has the latest reports/figures and those deaths made public are detailed on this site's unofficial list. Oh, and in plain text . ...



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From Google News Search: "plain text"
Sun Oct 18 08:08:50 2009

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Formatting content in the Online Editor using header bold italic and plain text

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Plain text editor of AccelMan provides you with all text edition tools syntax highlight code pages selection 6+ pages You can view text statistics search and replace text

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From Yahoo Image Search: "plain text"
Sun Oct 18 08:14:58 2009

Ticket #5338 (defect closed): download plain text
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Ticket #5338 (defect closed): download plain text



Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:49:50 GM

fixed: This is now implemented using the mechanism supplied by miau (thanks!) and the strategy described in my previous reply.

PRs urged: Send us your giant emails plain text journalism is ...
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PRs urged: Send us your giant emails plain text journalism is ...

mumbrella

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:48:19 GM

PR professionals are being urged to rethink press release etiquette and start including rich media with their emails to journalists. The call comes from.

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Add Plain Text

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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:07:02 GM

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From Google Blog Search: "plain text"
Sun Oct 18 08:11:40 2009