plainText

Returns the contents of a field chunk as plain text.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 4.6 Security:

# Syntax

set the plainText of [chunk of] field to string

# Examples

write the plainText of field 1 to file myTextFile

get the plainText of field "Field" answer it with "okay"

put the plainText of word 2 to -2 of field "list"

# Description

Use the plainText property to get the content of a field as plain text with any listStyle properties being converted appropriately into plain-text for the paragraphs the affect.

When you get a field plainText, the field text is converted to plain text with any listStyle property being converted appropriately into plain-text.

Any paragraphs with listStyle set are prefixed by an appropriate plain-text form of the bullet or index. The property returns text encoded in the native platform encoding with '?' replacing any non-convertible characters.

# Tags

text processing,

# See

- **keyword:** field - **glossary:** property - **property:** dontWrap, unicodePlainText, unicodeFormattedText, formattedText