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Note the difference between the Write and Append actions: Write changes the entire contents of the file on disk while Append adds the new content at the end of the file. | Note the difference between the Write and Append actions: Write changes the entire contents of the file on disk while Append adds the new content at the end of the file. | ||
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+ | For text, the action allows you to control what text processing happens in the gear menu (7.2+) : | ||
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+ | * Process Text Normally (process text tokens and backslash characters) | ||
+ | * Process Text Tokens Only (process text tokens but not backslash characters) | ||
+ | * Process Nothing (process neither text tokens nor backslash characters) | ||
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+ | Most other [Text Fields](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Text_Fields) in Keyboard Maestro process both text tokens and (except for regular expression fields) backslash characters. | ||
===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== |