PRG Mbox Designer Manual 3.9 - Manual (Page 111)

MBOX ® MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL 103
TEXT FILES
Support for Text Files
Mbox can display text using RTF (Rich Text Format) or TXT (Text) files. Both files will work, but the RTF format will
result in higher quality.
.rtf
An RTF file can be created by using the TextEdit application on the Mac computer. Simply type some text into a
document and then save as an RTF file. Be sure to give the document a numerical prefix, make sure it has a file
extension of .rtf, and place it in the
Media folder.
Guidelines for RTF files:
+ Do not use multiple fonts on the same line of text.
+ Keep font sizes large.
+ Justification in the document is ignored; use spaces in the text instead.
+ Font color is taken into account. For best results, make text white rather than black.
.txt
A text file can also be created using the TextEdit application. In this case, save as a .txt file. Be sure to give the
document a numerical prefix and place it in the
Media folder.
Guidelines for TXT files:
+ Text quality is quite low in comparison to that of RTF files.
+ The .txt format does not allow for text sizing or custom fonts.
+ If there is more than one line of text in the file, Mbox will "play" the file line by line.
+ Adjusting play speed will cause the file to play faster or slower.