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### 12.4 ASCII/Latin-1/UTF-8 export

ASCII export produces a simple and very readable version of an Org mode file, containing only plain ASCII. Latin-1 and UTF-8 export augment the file with special characters and symbols available in these encodings.

Links are exported in a footnote-like style, with the descriptive part in the text and the link in a note before the next heading. See the variable `org-ascii-links-to-notes` for details and other options.

#### ASCII export commands

``C-c C-e t a/l/u` (`org-ascii-export-to-ascii`)`

  Export as an ASCII file. For an Org file, `myfile.org`, the ASCII file will be `myfile.txt`. The file will be overwritten without warning. When the original file is `myfile.txt`, the resulting file becomes `myfile.txt.txt` in order to prevent data loss.

``C-c C-e t A/L/U` (`org-ascii-export-as-ascii`)`

  Export to a temporary buffer. Do not create a file.

#### Header and sectioning structure

In the exported version, the first three outline levels become headlines, defining a general document structure. Additional levels are exported as lists. The transition can also occur at a different level (see Export settings).

#### Quoting ASCII text

You can insert text that will only appear when using `ASCII` back-end with the following constructs:

    Text @@ascii:and additional text@@ within a paragraph.

    #+ASCII: Some text

    #+BEGIN_ASCII
    All lines in this block will appear only when using this back-end.
    #+END_ASCII

#### ASCII specific attributes

`ASCII` back-end only understands one attribute, `:width`, which specifies the length, in characters, of a given horizontal rule. It must be specified using an `ATTR_ASCII` line, directly preceding the rule.

    #+ATTR_ASCII: :width 10
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