Text Encoding Editor

Getting Started using the Text Encoding Editor

The following files must be added to the directory which contains your source text files (*.txt):

TextEncodingEditor.exe: the editor program
TextEncodingEditor_Data.exe: the data tools program
words.lst: the list of words used by TextEncodingEditor.exe to do the encoding (supplied by the user).

The program has been tested with a list that contained over 19000 words and handled a list that size, there should be no practical limit, other than as the list gets larger the program will run slower while encoding (will not affect the editing speed). File must be saved as an ASCII text file, use a text editor, such as "NotePad.exe". There are several acceptable formats for this list, the preferred format is:

----Start of File----
man    [m001]
boy    [m001]
he     [m002]
him    [m002]
his    [m002]
male   [m001]
woman  [f001]
girl   [f001]
she    [f002]
her    [f002]
female [f001]
----End of File----

When a file is selected to be opened, the file is processed with the "words.lst" to encoded all the words that match the words contained in the "words.lst". The encoded file is then displayed to the user with all words in the file that match a word in the "words.lst" highlighted with the associated code in colors.

Review accuracy of encoded words and make any coding changes, due to the contextual meaning of the "word". You may use up to 9 different coders to accomplish this review. When the program is started, the coder will click on their coder number, and then click "Yes-Continue". This will switch the main panel to the "Text" panel, the right panel to the "Control" panel, and enable the "File" menu. Click on "File" and select either "Open" to code a file, or "ReOpen" to update the coding, for this coder, of a file that was previously coded by this coder. "Open" is selected when the coder has not previously viewed this file.

To save the encoding and/or coding changes click on "File" and "Save". "ReOpen" is selected to continue working on a file that the coder has previously opened. The encoded file, with and coder changes, is saved as the the filename of the text file with the extension changed to cdn where the n is the number of the coder. For example, if coder 6 is working with a file named "subject3.txt" then when the file is saved it will be saved as "subject3.cd6".

To exit the program click on "File" and "Exit".

To save a copy of the encoded and/or coding changes file in HTML, so that it may be printed using your web browser, click on "File" and "SaveasHtmlFile". You will then select a file name for the html file, and click "Open". This html file may be sent via email to allow others to view the coding.

Using the TextEncodingEditor:

Click on:

"Find Next Code" button to advance through the text file and examine the next encoded text word.
"Find Prev Code" button to back up in the text file and examine the previous encoded text word.
"Edit Code" button to select a different code for the current encoded word.
"Reset to Default" button to remove any changes that have been made by the coder and default to the original encoding of the current coded word.
"Remove Code" button to flag the current encoded word, to not be encoded or coded for this instance.

TextEncodingEditor_Data programs will extract and summarize the data into an ASCII file, so that the data may be used with SPSS or other statistical programs.