The Text output converter converts the intermediate format of
    the input file to a Text output file. Text output files contain
    only textual content and minimal formatting such as line feeds,
    page breaks, and tabs. The output converter preserves formatting
    information to the extent possible. Page coordinates convert to
    the nearest character cell (line,column) position.

    All graphics, images, and text attributes in the input file
    are lost when converted to the text output file. Because a
    monospace font is used, it is possible some text may be lost due
    to overwriting to preserve the layout. Lines can be truncated if
    the specified page width is smaller than the page width specified
    in the document's format information. Neither of these cases
    occur when you use the OVERRIDE_FORMAT processing option because,
    in that case, the document's format information is ignored.

    The Text output converter supports the processing options listed
    below.

1  –  ASCII_FALLBACK

    ASCII_FALLBACK [ON,OFF] causes the Text output converter to
    output text in 7-bit ASCII. The fallback representation of the
    characters is described in the ASCII standard. If this option is
    not specified, the default is OFF; if this option is specified
    without a value, the default is ON.

2  –  CONTENT_MESSAGES

    CONTENT_MESSAGES [ON,OFF] causes the Text output converter to
    put a message in the output file each time a nontext element is
    encountered in the intermediate representation of the input file.
    If this option is not specified, the default is OFF; if this
    option is specified without a value, the default is ON.

3  –  HEIGHT

    HEIGHT value specifies the maximum number of lines per page
    in your text output file. If you specify zero, the number of
    lines per page will correspond to the height specified in your
    document. If you also specify OVERRIDE_FORMAT, or if the document
    has no inherent page size, the document is formatted to the
    height value specified by this option. The default height is
    66 lines.

4  –  OVERRIDE_FORMAT

    OVERRIDE_FORMAT [ON,OFF] causes the Text output converter to
    ignore the document formatting information included in your
    document, so that the text is formatted in a single large galley
    per page that corresponds to the size of the page as specified
    by the HEIGHT and WIDTH processing options. If this option is
    not specified, the default is OFF; if this option is specified
    without a value, the default is ON.

5  –  SOFT_DIRECTIVES

    SOFT_DIRECTIVES [ON,OFF] causes the Text output converter to
    obey the soft directives contained in the document when creating
    your text output file. (Soft directives specify such formatting
    commands as new line, new page, and tab.) If this option is
    not specified, the default is OFF; if this option is specified
    without a value, the default is ON.

6  –  WIDTH

    WIDTH value specifies the maximum number of columns of characters
    per page in your text output file. If you specify zero, the
    number of columns per page will correspond to the width specified
    in your document. If you also specify OVERRIDE_FORMAT, or if the
    document has no inherent page size, the document is formatted
    to the value specified by this processing option. If any lines
    of text exceed this width value, the additional columns are
    truncated. The default width is 80 characters.