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What are text file formats used for

Text files are versatile and used for personal documents, professional reports, data storage, and format-specific documents. Popular text file formats include .DOC, .DOCX, .TXT, .RTF, and .EML, each serving different purposes from simple text creation to advanced formatting. These formats cater to various needs, including word processing, technical writing, and email storage.

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What are text file formats used for

Text files are versatile and used for personal documents, professional reports, data storage, and format-specific documents. Popular text file formats include .DOC, .DOCX, .TXT, .RTF, and .EML, each serving different purposes from simple text creation to advanced formatting. These formats cater to various needs, including word processing, technical writing, and email storage.

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What are text file formats used for?

Text files are incredibly versatile and can be used for a wide variety of different
purposes including but not limited to:

Personal documents. From CVs and creative writing projects to recipes and lists,
numerous people use text-based documents for personal purposes in day-to-day life.
Professional documents. Reports, memos, business plans, process documents and more
can all be created using popular text file types.
Data storage. Certain text extensions are utilised by programmes to record activity
on a computer or operations performed by a particular user.
Format-specific documents. Some programmes allow specific things such as an email
to be saved off-line as a text file extension. This may be useful for sharing
separately with a colleague or editing/working with the contents.
Learn more about text files.
Some of the most popular text files formats include:

.DOC - This is a popular word processing file created by Microsoft Word. .DOC files
are commonly used for producing written documents such as letters, CVs and essays.
.PAGES - Part of Apple’s iWork suite, this is a text document and word processing
file that is compatible with iOS and Mac OS.
.DOCX - After 2007, .DOCX became the standard file format for saving documents in
Word. It enhances accessibility by zipping XML data into three different folders.
.MD - Commonly used by technical writers and web developers, .MD text files can
create plain text documents with no other elements.
.EML - These are emails saved in plain text with no special formatting in the text,
graphics or images.
.RTF - Rich text format files are universal text file formats that are more
advanced than standard text files, capable of storing extra information and types
of data.
.TXT - One of the most compatible and basic text file formats, .TXT documents are
used to create simple text documents with little to no formatting.
.LOG - A log file is a data file that is used to track usage patterns, activities
and operations within software and operating systems.
.ASC - These files are protected ASCII files that enable secure communication and
data exchange.
.MSG - .MSG files are message text file formats that are used to represent
individual email messages, contacts, tasks, appointments etc.
.WPS - The precursor to Microsoft Word DOCs, .WPS files were once the industry
standard. They contain less advanced formatting and no macros.
.IPYNB - This is a notebook document file created by Jupyter Notebook, which
contains all of the content included in a Jupyter Notebook web application session.
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