How to Change Word to Txt

Last Updated: June 6, 2022

Text, or .txt files generally don't have formatting, but are much smaller than MS Word documents. They are ideal for e-mail or posting to the web. Programing files are almost universally written in plain text format, and are often used to store notes or CSS and HTML files.

1

Open your Word document.

Double-click your Word document to open it in Word. Alternatively, you can open it in any application that supports Word docs, including Corel WordPerfect or OpenOffice.

2

Click the File menu.

You'll see the File menu at the top-left corner. On some versions of Word, it will be a big round button with four colored boxes.

3

Select "Save As" from the menu.

This tells the application to create a new document. If another menu opens before you get a chance to enter a file name, click text document, .txt, or similar.

4

Name the document.

Type a new name for your file. It can have the same name as your old document, as you'll be giving it a different file extension.

5

Save the document as plain text.

Select a plain text file type under the document name box. Choose .txt, text, plain text, ASCII, UNICODE, or similar, and then click Save.