Text files

[Georg Odenthal]

Hello Richard,

As far as I know E-Prime isn't able to import text files and display
them. The only option you have is what Leisha Wharfield had suggested:
Create individual bitmaps for each screen.

To do that open your Word or other text document and open Paint (Start
-> Program Files -> Accessories -> Paint). Select Full Screen in Word
(View -> Full Screen). Then press the keys ALT and PRINT SCREEN at the
same time. Go to paint and select Edit -> Paste (or press CTRL + V).
You will get an exact copy of the whole screen. Now you only have to
remove the borders of the image and the "Close Full Screen" button,
that Word always displays. Save the image as BMP.
Then you can use these text screens as Image Displays or Slides in
E-Prime.

With this method you can also create stimuli in foreign languages with
non-standard fonts or right to left writing.

In our lab we also use this method to create formatted instruction
screens with individual words in bold, italics, underlining or in
different colors.


Best regards,
 Georg


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Georg Odenthal (Dipl.-Psych.)             University of Konstanz
+49 (0)7531 88-2872                       Department of Psychology
odenthal at soz.psychologie.uni-konstanz.de  Social Psychology and Motivation
http://www.socpsych.uni-konstanz.de       78457 Konstanz, Germany

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