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Definition: data conversion
Changing data from one file format to another. Data conversion is accomplished using conversion programs as well as the "export" function within an application (see example below). If neither a conversion program nor the export function supports the new format, there is conversion support over the Internet; for example, CloudConvert handles more than 200 file formats (see CloudConvert). See conversion and extension.
Save As Is the Export Function
Custom Programs May Be the Only Way
This encyclopedia is written in XyWrite III Plus, a programmable DOS word processor. It was customized years ago by Alan Freedman, author of this encyclopedia, to insert tags such as term name, text and caption. Freedman also wrote several console programs in C that convert the XyWrite files to XML and then from XML to website formats. See XML, console app and C.
In many programs, "Save As" is an export function such as this Microsoft Word example. Notice the Plain Text option, which is an alternative if the required format is not available. However, saving as plain text eliminates the format tags.
Custom Programs May Be the Only Way
This encyclopedia is written in XyWrite III Plus, a programmable DOS word processor. It was customized years ago by Alan Freedman, author of this encyclopedia, to insert tags such as term name, text and caption. Freedman also wrote several console programs in C that convert the XyWrite files to XML and then from XML to website formats. See XML, console app and C.