DOS-based machines use a CRLF sequence to terminate a line of text rather than a single CR as is standard on the Mac. Consequently, LFs need to be added or removed, as required by the intended platform. There are many ways to have A/S do this.
The Add Characters and Strip Characters processes can be used to add or remove LFs. LFs are automatically removed in both Make Paragraphs processes. Some processes display an Add LFs to paragraphs checkbox which can be used to cause LFs to be added.
Alternatively a replacement string with a Find string of “^10” (an LF) and an empty Change To string may be used to remove LFs.
While a replacement string with a Find string of “^p” (a CR) and a Change To string of “^p^10” (a CRLF sequence) may be used to add LFs, it is not recommended since some processes can become confused by the LF which has become the first character in each line.
Uncurl quotes and apostrophes should also be chosen for files that are going to be used on a DOS-based machine.
Depending of the contents of the TEXT file, it may need more extensive character remapping. Use of the Mac -> DOS or DOS -> Mac character remapping sets is recommended. See the Character Mapping section for more.
When creating files to be moved to a DOS-based machine, it may be useful to choose the Use DOS Naming Format checkbox in the A/S Prefrences window. This will cause A/S to remove invalid characters from suggested file names and make them conform to the eight-dot-three DOS character name format.
