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To convert a PFS file to Microsoft File, do the following:

1. In the PFS file, from the Functions menu choose Print Forms. Do not specify any forms when converting the whole database; click only Print Forms. Otherwise, specify the forms to be converted.

2. Click Print To Disk, making sure that the Print Items number box is unchecked. Type "0" (zero) in the Lines Per Page box. Click OK and give the file a name.

3. PFS asks which fields to print. Put a plus (+) after each field name (indicating two spaces) except for the last field name, which should be marked with an "x" to indicate a carriage return.

4. Click the Start Printing button.

5. The PFS file is now a text file. Using a word processing program, all double spaces need to be replaced with tabs. This can be accomplished by loading the text file into Microsoft Word.

6. In Microsoft Word, choose Change from the Utilities menu.

7. In the From What box, type two spaces. In the Change To box type "^t" (without quotation marks).

8. From the File menu, choose Save As.

9. Click the File Format button, and select the Text Only option. Click OK, then click Save.

10. In Microsoft File, create a form to accommodate the PFS file document. Correct the number and types of fields.

11. From the File menu, choose Open Datafile. Select the text file created in Word and open it.