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Sharing information with other applications
You can share files and graphics between HCL Notes® and other applications using a number of different techniques.
Working with shared information
These tasks explain how to import and export data between Notes and other applications.
Importing files into documents that have rich-text fields
You can import text files, word processing files, HTML files, graphics files, and spreadsheet files into documents that have rich-text fields, as long as the source file is stored in a location you can access, such as your local hard disk drive or file server.
Importing text files
You can import rich-text files, ASCII text files, and word processing files into a rich-text field in an HCL Notes® document.
How can I import ACSII text files?
For ASCII text, use the following steps for import.

Sharing information with other applications
You can share files and graphics between HCL Notes® and other applications using a number of different techniques.
- Getting started with sharing information
  These tasks explain how to copy data into Notes, and how to share your Notes data with other applications.
- Sharing information with other applications quick reference
  This quick reference card is a list of instructions for common tasks and shortcuts for sharing information with other applications, which you can print and keep at your desk for easy reference.
- Working with shared information
  These tasks explain how to import and export data between Notes and other applications.
  - Importing and exporting
    You can import data from many popular applications into a HCL Notes® document or view, and export data from a Notes document or view into many of the same applications.
  - Importing files into documents that have rich-text fields
    You can import text files, word processing files, HTML files, graphics files, and spreadsheet files into documents that have rich-text fields, as long as the source file is stored in a location you can access, such as your local hard disk drive or file server.
    - Importing text files
      You can import rich-text files, ASCII text files, and word processing files into a rich-text field in an HCL Notes® document.
      - How can I import rich-text files?
        To import a rich-text file, follow the below steps.
      - How can I import ACSII text files?
        For ASCII text, use the following steps for import.
      - How can I import word processing files?
        You can import Word Pro®, Microsoft™ Word, and WordPerfect word processing files.
    - How can I import HTML files?
      You can import the text of an HTML file, and the graphics if they are stored locally, into an HCL Notes® rich-text field.
    - How can I import graphics files?
      You can import several types of graphics files -- BMP, CGM, GIF, JPEG, ® PIC, PCX, and TIFF 5.0 -- into a rich-text field in an HCL Notes® document.
    - How can I import spreadsheet files into documents that have rich-text fields?
      You can import Microsoft™ Excel spreadsheet files into a rich-text field in a document. An imported spreadsheet becomes a table.
  - Exporting documents into text files
    You can export documents into rich-text files and word processing files.
- Advanced shared information topics
  These tasks describe how to work with object linking and embedding, and how to import or export formatted data.

How can I import ACSII text files?

For ASCII text, use the following steps for import.

Procedure

Edit the document, and then click where you want the imported file to appear.
Click File > Import. (This option is dim if the field you have clicked is not a rich-text field.)
In the Import dialog box, click ASCII Text in the Files of type list. The file you are importing can have any or no file extension.
Select the file's drive and directory and then select the file.
Click Import.
Specify whether to preserve the existing line breaks in the text. If you click Yes, Notes® saves the original line breaks, otherwise Notes® fits as many characters as it can in a line. The default is 75 characters.

Results

Tip: If you see Preserve existing line breaks? while attempting to import some other type of file, such as an image, you neglected to select the file type before clicking Import.