What is a text file?

A text file is a computer file that only contains text and has no special format
ting such as bold text, italic text, images, etc. With Microsoft Windows compute
rs text files are identified with the .txt file extension, as shown in the examp
le picture to the right.Text editing is the main operation users perform in word
processors, which typically also handle graphics and other multimedia files. Se
e text editor and word processing.