Creating a New Data List

1. Select New from the File menu or click the  button.

   A new data list is created.
   The format set in Format Setting - Default Setting in the Edit menu is used.

• If the settings are changed when data is being edited, a message appears to ask whether to save the data or not.

  

  Yes:	Saves the data you are editing and creates a new data list.
  	If the file name already has a name, it is overwritten.
  	If the file does not have a name, the Save As dialog box appears,
  	where you can give the file a name.
  No:	Creates a new data list without saving the data you are editing.
  Cancel:	Cancels the New command.

   

   

Opening Existing Files

You can load your own original data files (.md4) or CSV files into the data list.

1. Select Open from the File menu or click the  button.

   The Open dialog box appears.

   

2. Select an original data file (.md4) or CSV file, then click Open.

   The selected file is loaded and displayed in the data list.
   The format set in Format Setting - Default Setting in the Edit menu is used.

• If the settings are changed when data is being edited, a message appears to ask whether to save the data or not.

  

  Yes:	Saves the data you are editing and creates a new data list.
  	If the file name already has a name, it is overwritten.
  	If the file does not have a name, the Save As dialog box appears,
  	where you can give the file a name.
  No:	Creates a new data list without saving the data you are editing.
  Cancel:	Cancels the New command.

• If you attempt to open an existing file with the old format (.mtd / .md2 / .md3), a message may appear to indicate that is has been replaced with a file with the new format (.md4).

  

  OK:	The file with the new format (.md4) substitutes for the existing file with the old format (.mtd / .md2 / .md3) and then opens.

3. When you select a CSV, the Read Format Selection dialog box appears.

    Learn about the format settings.

   

• If you select 1 Line in Lines, the first line of data in the CSV file is loaded, but the second and the third line are ignored.

• The third line of data can be loaded only when Character Size is set to 1.3mm Norm.
   

Loading Additional Data

To add data to a specified position in the data list:

1. Select the file you want to add, then click Open.
   The Open dialog box appears.

2. Select the file you want to add, then click Open.
   The data in the selected file is added at the cursor position.
    

Saving Data Lists

Overwriting when saving

1. Select Save in the File menu or click the  button.
   ​The file you are editing is overwritten.

• If Untitled appears in the title bar, the Save As dialog box appears.

• If you attempt to open an existing file with the old format, it is replaced with the file with the new format (.md4). Accordingly, selecting Save displays the Save As dialog box. The file saved in the new format cannot be opened by the old version of software.
   

Saving a file with a new name

1. Select Save As from the File menu.
   The Save As dialog box appears.

2. Enter fhe file name, specify the file type, then click Save.
   Select the file type from the following: The contents that are saved depend on the file type.

   Original data files (.md4):	Saves format settings and data list contents.
   CSF file:	Saves the first, second, and third lines of character data in the data list, and the numbering value.

   

   ​The data list is saved with the file name you assigned.

• If a file already exists with the same name as the one you entered, a message appears asking whether it is ok to overwrite the existing file.

  

  Yes	The file is overwritten.
  No	The file is not saved.

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