Sending a WhizFolder document to someone who does not have WhizFolders
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008I want to send a document to my friend for comments. But she won’t be able to open this document, as she doesn’t have Whizfolders. Must I copy and paste my contents in a word document, and then email it to her for editing? Isn’t there an easy way to get my Whizfolder document translated into a word document?
A direct export to Word documents is not possible. But there are easy alternatives depending on whether you want your friend to Edit the notes or just to View them.
Notes that can be edited:
- RTF File: Click on the menu File–Save an Rtf copy and send her the RTF file. She can view and edit it in Wordpad or Word.
- Word Outline RTF File: Select all the topics (edit–select all) and export to Word Outline format by the Tools menu’s Export choices. This again is an RTF file in an outline format that can be seen and edited in Word.
Once this RTF file is edited, you will need to manually make the changes in original topics by copy, paste.
Notes for Viewing only:
- eBook: Convert your document into a self-running EXE file (called WhizBook in WhizFolders version 6.1) by the Tools menu, and send her the EXE file. In case, her email software does not accept EXEs as attachments, send a ZIP file. She can simply run that EXE file to see the document. You can try it yourself to see how it looks.
- Viewer: Send her the .wzfolder file directly and tell her to download the freeware viewer http://whizfolders.com/viewer/ to see it.
In a future version, we are going to improve the viewer so that comments can be attached to the notes.
