TXTEDTOUT <edt_file>,<ascii_file> copies an edit file (edit field in an .EDT file) to an ascii (text) file. Also the control column and shadow lines are copied. The ascii file can then be sent through a network to another Survo installation where it can be transformed back to an edit file by the command TXTEDTIN <ascii_file>,<edt_file> . If only text (neither the control column nor shadow lines) is to be sent, the standard SAVEP command should be used.