Re: Notepad conversion

From: Herb Tyson [MVP] (herb_at_1x2y3z.xnw)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:58:06 -0500

I've never heard of Arabe Notepad. So, no clue there. But...

Open the email. Right click on the attachment, and choose Save As. Give it a
name (e.g., attachment.txt), and note the location.

Next, use Word to navigate to the location where you saved the file, and see
if you can open it now. 

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"June" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:08d901c4ec7c$bce06960$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Still can't open it.  It's "name" in Notepad is Arabe?
> Don't know what that is.  I don't have many choices,
> since I am opening it from his e-mail.  When I click it,
> the text pops up in a little screen that says Arabe
> Notepad.  I click to All Files, then the My Documents
> screen opens as though I were going to save it.  But I
> have to give it a name.  The original name of my document
> doesn't work.  Is Arabe a name or just something to do
> with Notepad?  I cannot tell you how grateful I am to you
> folks.  Thanks.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Notepad doesn't have a format, per se. Notepad
> reads/creates plain text
>>files, often with the .txt file name ending.
>>
>>In Word, choose File - Open. Set Files of Type to All
> Files (*.*). Navigate
>>to the desired file and double-click it. (If you're
> prompted with a Convert
>>File dialog, set the type to Plain Text.) It should now
> open in Word, and
>>you can format it as you wish.
>>
>>-- 
>>Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow
> along.
>>http://www.herbtyson.com
>>"June" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
>>news:079401c4ec38$3d69bcc0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>I did try that, but it didn't work.  I worked on a very
>>> large document away from home and, of course, away from
>>> my computer.  Another person was helping me, so he e-
>>> mailed it to himself and then back to me.  It is in
>>> Notepad form and I cannot open it.  I highlighted it,
>>> right-clicked "open with" and then Notepad, and it
>>> doesn't work.  All I get is a little screen that shows
>>> the Notepad icon with the text looking like it was done
>>> with a typewriter.  I desperately need to convert this
> to
>>> Word 2002 ASAP.  Any other suggestions?  Many thanks.
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Use File>Open and then select the file, changing the
>>> files of type so that
>>>>the file that you want to open appears in the list of
>>> available file
>>>>
>>>>-- 
>>>>Please post any further questions or followup to the
>>> newsgroups for the
>>>>benefit of others who may be interested.  Unsolicited
>>> questions forwarded
>>>>directly to me will only be answered on a paid
>>> consulting basis.
>>>>
>>>>Hope this helps
>>>>Doug Robbins - Word MVP
>>>>"June" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message
>>>>news:0abd01c4ebec$b2b23850$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> I was sent a document that opens in Notepad.  How do
> I
>>>>> convert it to Word?  Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>

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