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problems with reading files on wordpad

mikeyboy (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Thursday, 24th April 2003, 20:30

many times when i`ve tried to read document attachments from emails i`ve received, i can`t. Basically,the file downloads, then goes into wordpad to show it, but all the text isl scrambled and unreadable.is there any way of rectifying this at all?
please help.cheers.

RE: problems with reading files on wordpad

Jim Morrison (Elite) posted this on Thursday, 24th April 2003, 21:22

What format are you trying to read from?

RE: problems with reading files on wordpad

Grunt boy (Elite) posted this on Friday, 25th April 2003, 09:03

Try changing the file extensions - .doc .txt .rtf should all be read by wordpad.

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RE: problems with reading files on wordpad

sj (Elite) posted this on Friday, 25th April 2003, 09:10

Is it just crap or just all messed up on different lines?
Could just be `word wrap`?
In the view, options, word tab.

Ste

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