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Individual records should occupy one line in the file and terminate with the Windows end-of-line characters (line feed and / carriage return characters).  Fixed width records will not be accepted.

Name your files according to the guidelines in the file naming appendix.  At a minimum the file name should begin with the correct form prefix and end with the ".txt" extension.

Record Layouts

The record layouts for third-party text files are similar to the layouts of the forms in Option A and B, except that there are a few other fields that must be included in the files you submit. 

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Note

The Service Bureau’s Option A software saves report data in the proper format. Some third-party software is also able to save your data in that format, but the correct format might not be the “default” choice in the software.