# How to write a plane txt **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [September 15, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344 "2022-09-15T03:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dave/32/36387_2.png) [@Dave](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/1 "2022-09-15T03:57:54Z")
Hi Mate!! May be you already ask this to your self Any clue? 🤔 Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/2 "2022-09-15T23:55:28Z")
Can you explain more about “plane txt”? ---
**Author:** ![Dave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dave/32/36387_2.png) [@Dave](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/3 "2022-09-18T18:33:31Z")
Sure, Like a notepad #plain text ---
**Author:** ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/4 "2022-09-18T19:02:57Z")
If you right-click on a table, you will see export as one of the options: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/a/5a4b1ecd8867f16fbb4d178040f301cd8924d64b.png) Then it asks what columns you want to export: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/9/59847d93451b213d7b159d473988ba02e58fbb2d.png) It will give you a file with a ‘csv’ extension. The data inside is “plain text,” as in you can open the file with notepad, and you will see the rows written out as comma-delimited columns. It’s more manageable if you open the file with Excel or import it into Google Sheets, but notepad will let you view and modify it. ---
**Author:** ![Dave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dave/32/36387_2.png) [@Dave](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/5 "2022-09-18T21:28:57Z")
Thank you! Now I know something new!! What I need is: When a App user press a button, to write a plain txt with data from a table into Google Drive Some simple plain text (notepad) like: Name=John Sport=Baseball Team=The homerunners 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/6 "2022-09-18T22:11:16Z")
There are 2 components that come to mind for your request: 1. **Text entry**. You can adjust the text box size to make it small, medium, or large. The data is updated **in real-time** in the table with this component. 2. **Notes**. With this component, clicking on the box opens an overlay that the user submits by clicking “done” or “cancel”. The data is therefore not submitted in real-time to the table. Also, line breaks are not taken into account. I personally use the “text entry” components rather than the “notes” component. ---
**Author:** ![Dave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dave/32/36387_2.png) [@Dave](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/7 "2022-09-18T22:41:24Z")
Thanks!! May be I can’t clearly explain myself I would like to create a new file into Google drive This must be a plain text file Like “myfile.txt” ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/8 "2022-09-18T22:45:35Z")
I misunderstood you, my apologies. I think you will need to use a 3rd party integration for this, for instance using Airtable as a table or possibly Zapier or Make. ---
**Author:** ![Dave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dave/32/36387_2.png) [@Dave](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/9 "2022-09-18T23:06:13Z")
Thank so much Mate! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/10 "2022-09-19T00:30:39Z")
I think the most straightforward way is to: - Have a text entry on the screen. - Have a button to “submit” that entry through a webhook action to Make. - Create a new Google Docs file with the content coming from the text entry. However, that Google Docs file will belong to your account, not your users’ account. ---
**Author:** ![Dave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/dave/32/36387_2.png) [@Dave](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-write-a-plane-txt/49344/11 "2022-09-19T00:59:13Z")
That sounds great!! **Working on it** Thank you Mate!!