Editing ASCII Output

SEC Publisher comes with SEC Compliant ASCII Editor. It allows you to make changes directly on the ASCII document. The EDGAR ASCII Editor forces your texts to fit in an 80-character format. It also provides you with tools that you can use to manipulate table structure in the ASCII document. Columns are indicated by the  sign.

 

 

1. Change Text Alignments
2. Change the font case (Capitalize, Lowercase, Titlecase)
3. Copy & Paste text from other source (will be automatically EDGARized)
4. Validate Changes
5. Preview your changes
6. Use Ruler/Guide
7. Use Right Click shortcut
8. Manipulate Table

                              i.        Change alignment of the text inside a table

                             ii.        Selecting a column

                            iii.        Insert a new column

                            iv.        Split an existing column into 2 columns

                             v.        View column properties

                            vi.        Apply an underline

                           vii.        Remove Table Information

 

 

 

 

1.        Click on the text inside the paragraph you want to align.

2.        Click on one of the alignment buttons to align the text (left, center, right, justified). Or you can go to the Formatting menu and select the text alignment that you want.

 

1.        Click on the words you want to apply the new case.

2.        Click on one of the case buttons to change the case of the text:

a.     Capitalize all letters

b.    Lowercase all letters

c.     Titlecase (the first letter of each word is capitalized)

 

Or you can go to the Formatting menu and select the font case that you want.

 

As you copy and paste text from other documents, SEC Publisher automatically EDGARizes the text to ensure 100% SEC compliancy.

 

 

SEC Publisher's ASCII Validation checks your ASCII to ensure that it is SEC compliant.

Click on the Validate button to validate your changes. If there are problems, a window will show up on the bottom of the screen, listing each individual problem. Double-clicking on an entry will automatically take you to the line of code in question.

 

 

Even though SEC Publisher displays warning notices, you are still able to file their ASCII documents to SEC (see below for an example of a warning notice.)

Tab is a legal character for SEC filing. If you file an ASCII document which contains tabs, SEC will simply replace tabs with spaces.

 

Should you decide not to remove the tab characters, you will then again be prompted with warning notices when trying to validate the document and/or file the document to SEC.

 

 

To avoid receiving the warning notices, please refrain from pressing Tab key in the ASCII Editor.

 

It is a good idea to test your ASCII page using the Preview feature. You can detect errors early and avoid copying or repeating them.

From the menu, choose View > Preview... to preview the page. In the Preview window, you can specify the font size to zoom in and out the page.

 

SEC Publisher ASCII editor provides a visual guide (ruler) to help you edit your ASCII table. It provides a visual cue for positioning and resizing the tables.

To change the ruler setting, do one of the following:

·         To toggle rulers on and off, choose View > Ruler.

·         To display a guide, choose View > Lock Guide. Then click anywhere on the ruler. The guide will be displayed (you can only create one guide line at a time).

 

Right-clicking on a table or text will give you all the options you need to manipulate it.

 

 

1. Change alignment of the text inside a table
2. Selecting a column
3. Insert a new column
4. Split an existing column into 2 columns
5. View column properties
6. Apply an underline
7. Remove Table Information

 

To change the alignment of text inside a table, follow the steps below:

1.        Click on a text inside a table cell you want to align.

2.        Then choose Table > Align Cells...

3.        Select the alignment that you want (left, center, right), and choose whether the alignment should be applied to the current cell, the row or the column where the cell is, or the whole table.

 

To select the entire column:

1.        Click on a text inside a table cell you want the column to be selected.

2.        Then choose Table > Select > Column...

To insert a new column:

1. Click on a text inside where the new column will be added.
2. Choose Table > Insert > Column to the Left or Table > Insert > Column to the Right.
3. Then choose how many characters (width) that the new column will have. The # represents the new column number. The Offset if the number of characters leading the new column.

 

To split an existing column into two, follow these steps:

1.        Click on a text inside the column you want to split.

2.        Choose Table > Split Column.

3.        Then specify how the column should be divided, and how the existing contents should be treated (move left, right, or split).

 

To view a column's properties:

1.        Click anywhere inside the column that you want to view its properties.

2.        Choose Table > Column Properties. Here you can specify a new width for the column.

 

To add an underline to the words inside a table, follow the steps below:

1.        Select the words you want to underline.

2.        Choose Table > Single Underline or Table > Double Underline.

 

 

If you remove the table information, you will not be able to manipulate the tables inside the ASCII page.

To remove table information, click anywhere inside the table and choose Table > Remove Table Information.