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This section provides information on saving and opening documents in another file format.
Saving a document in another file format
To save the current document in another file format, choose the ribbon command File | Save as and open the dropdown list Save as type. Select the desired format, enter a different file name if required and confirm saving.
Opening a document in another file format
To open a document in another file format, use the ribbon command File | Open (click directly on the icon itself) to open the file dialog box, open the dropdown list of file types and select the format in which the file is available. Then select the desired file, and confirm that you want to open it.
Supported file formats
In the dialog boxes for opening and saving documents, the list of file types includes the following file formats:
▪PlanMaker document
| The in-house format for PlanMaker documents in which you usually save documents (name extension: .pmdx). |
▪PlanMaker template
| Document template for PlanMaker documents (name extension: .pmvx). For more information, see Document templates. |
▪Microsoft Excel document
| You can also open and save documents in Microsoft Excel file format. The program supports .xls files (Excel 5.0 to 2003) as well as .xlsx files (Excel 2007 or higher). |
| For more information on this format, see Notes on the Excel format. |
▪Microsoft Excel template
| Document template for Microsoft Excel documents. |
▪PlanMaker 2012 document
| Documents are saved in the file format of PlanMaker 2012, an older version of PlanMaker (name extension: .pmd). |
▪TextMaker document (export only)
| For exporting PlanMaker files to SoftMaker's word processor TextMaker. |
▪dBASE
| dBase database file format, either with DOS, Windows or Unicode character set. Before opening/saving the database, a dialog box appears in which you can select the character set. Note: Most dBASE databases are stored in dBASE/DOS file format – not in dBASE/Windows file format. Even Windows database programs usually use the DOS format. |
| Tip: In the preview window of the dialog box, you can use the column header to adjust the data type, if necessary. Click on the respective head of a column to open a corresponding dropdown menu. |
▪Text file
| Plain text file format, for example, with the cell values separated by tabs or commas. For more information, see Working with text files. |