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Howdy,

When I open a TXT file in Word 2000 (or insert a TXT file in
another open DOC) a dialog opens asking how I want the
characters in the file converted.

How can I set the default to a particular conversion so that
the dialog does not open each time?

Sincere thanks,
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Hi Kenneth,

This article may help:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...us;256060&FR=1

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Howdy,

When I open a TXT file in Word 2000 (or insert a TXT file in
another open DOC) a dialog opens asking how I want the
characters in the file converted.

How can I set the default to a particular conversion so that
the dialog does not open each time?

Sincere thanks,

Kenneth
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Let us know if this helped you,

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On Tue, 10 May 2005 10:03:42 -0700, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)"
75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote:

Hi Kenneth,

This article may help:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...us;256060&FR=1

========
"Kenneth" wrote in message ...

Howdy,

When I open a TXT file in Word 2000 (or insert a TXT file in
another open DOC) a dialog opens asking how I want the
characters in the file converted.

How can I set the default to a particular conversion so that
the dialog does not open each time?

Sincere thanks,

Kenneth


Hi Bob,

I appreciate your response, but...

I had found that article on my own. I made the registry
modification as described, re-booted, but still had the
problem.

Do you know if there was something beyond the reg hack that
I was to have done?

Thanks again,
--
Kenneth

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Hi Kenneth,

Did you use the macro technique in method 1?

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"Kenneth" wrote in message ...
Hi Bob,

I appreciate your response, but...

I had found that article on my own. I made the registry
modification as described, re-booted, but still had the
problem.

Do you know if there was something beyond the reg hack that
I was to have done?

Thanks again,
--
Kenneth
--
Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*


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On Tue, 10 May 2005 11:00:58 -0700, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)"
75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote:

Hi Kenneth,

Did you use the macro technique in method 1?

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"Kenneth" wrote in message ...
Hi Bob,

I appreciate your response, but...

I had found that article on my own. I made the registry
modification as described, re-booted, but still had the
problem.

Do you know if there was something beyond the reg hack that
I was to have done?

Thanks again,
--
Kenneth


Hi Bob,

Well I "tried" the Macro technique...

I got the file with the macros, but when I attempted to run
the appropriate one, it did not succeed (with regret, I
cannot remember the precise error.)

In summary, "No" I did not run the macro.

Thanks again,
--
Kenneth

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On Tue, 10 May 2005 14:44:02 -0400, Kenneth
wrote:

On Tue, 10 May 2005 11:00:58 -0700, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)"
75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote:

Hi Kenneth,

Did you use the macro technique in method 1?

=======
"Kenneth" wrote in message ...
Hi Bob,

I appreciate your response, but...

I had found that article on my own. I made the registry
modification as described, re-booted, but still had the
problem.

Do you know if there was something beyond the reg hack that
I was to have done?

Thanks again,
--
Kenneth


Hi Bob,

Well I "tried" the Macro technique...

I got the file with the macros, but when I attempted to run
the appropriate one, it did not succeed (with regret, I
cannot remember the precise error.)

In summary, "No" I did not run the macro.

Thanks again,


Hi again Bob,

I just tried to run the macro again.

The Word Basic error is

Compile Error:

Ambiguous name detected HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Thanks for any further thoughts,
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Kenneth

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Klaus Linke
 
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Hi Kenneth,

You must have seen a different KB article. And I don't think there is a =
registry setting for a default "open" encoding, since such a default =
setting would be a terrible idea.

You can use a macro to open text files using the specific encoding you =
want (maybe using some more sophisticated macro than the one from the KB =
article, which lets you specify the file using the "File Open" =
dialog).

You can even replace the "File Open" dialog with your sophisticated =
macro (though I wouldn't do that).

You can't set a default encoding for text files. The default in Windows =
apps is the Windows code page, or Unicode.
Either you let Word guess (with "confirm conversions" turned off), which =
will work for Windows text files and Unicode text files, or you'll have =
to specify the encoding (manually or by writing a macro).

Regards,
Klaus


"Kenneth" wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2005 10:03:42 -0700, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)"
75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote:
=20
Hi Kenneth,

This article may help:
=

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;256060&FR=3D1

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
"Kenneth" wrote in message =

...

Howdy,

When I open a TXT file in Word 2000 (or insert a TXT file in
another open DOC) a dialog opens asking how I want the
characters in the file converted.

How can I set the default to a particular conversion so that
the dialog does not open each time?

Sincere thanks,

Kenneth

=20
Hi Bob,
=20
I appreciate your response, but...
=20
I had found that article on my own. I made the registry
modification as described, re-booted, but still had the
problem.
=20
Do you know if there was something beyond the reg hack that
I was to have done?
=20
Thanks again,
--=20
Kenneth
=20
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On Tue, 10 May 2005 20:33:26 +0200, "Klaus Linke"
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"Kenneth" wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2005 10:03:42 -0700, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)"
75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote:

Hi Kenneth,

This article may help:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...us;256060&FR=1

========
"Kenneth" wrote in message ...

Howdy,

When I open a TXT file in Word 2000 (or insert a TXT file in
another open DOC) a dialog opens asking how I want the
characters in the file converted.

How can I set the default to a particular conversion so that
the dialog does not open each time?

Sincere thanks,

Kenneth


Hi Bob,

I appreciate your response, but...

I had found that article on my own. I made the registry
modification as described, re-booted, but still had the
problem.

Do you know if there was something beyond the reg hack that
I was to have done?

Thanks again,
--
Kenneth

If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."


Hi Kenneth,

You must have seen a different KB article. And I don't think there is a registry setting for a default "open" encoding, since such a default setting would be a terrible idea.

You can use a macro to open text files using the specific encoding you want (maybe using some more sophisticated macro than the one from the KB article, which lets you specify the file using the "File Open" dialog).

You can even replace the "File Open" dialog with your sophisticated macro (though I wouldn't do that).

You can't set a default encoding for text files. The default in Windows apps is the Windows code page, or Unicode.
Either you let Word guess (with "confirm conversions" turned off), which will work for Windows text files and Unicode text files, or you'll have to specify the encoding (manually or by writing a macro).

Regards,
Klaus


Hi Klaus,

It is only for TXT files that I would like to set a default
encoding.

Is there a way to do that?

Or, if I wish to have Word "guess", is there a way to have
it do that?

Thanks again,
--
Kenneth

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Hi Kenneth,

I'd like to take a step back, because I'm still not sure what you are =
trying to do.
The (recoded) macro you posted in the other thread contained =
"InsertFile".
I don't see how you can specify the encoding for "InsertFile", either.

Here, you're talking about "File Open", where you can specify the =
encoding.
But I'm not sure why you'd need to (either opening or inserting a text =
file).

As far as I understood, you're saving the text files yourself.=20
If you use "Plain text" (=3D Windows text) for saving the text file, you =
shouldn't need to specify any encoding when you re-open or insert the =
file.=20
And if the "Confirm conversions" dialog (in "File Open" or "Insert =
File") bothers you, you should be able to turn that off.

In this thread, you said that the "Confirm conversion" dialog comes up. =
Did you uncheck the option in "Tools General" and it still comes up? =
Then maybe that's the bug that might be solved by the hotfix from =
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817140
(Can't say for sure because I've never run into this bug)

In the other thread, you said that some characters change into blanks if =
you re-open the text file.
Are you sure those characters *can* be saved in a Windows plain text =
file? Which characters are turned into blanks?

Regards,
Klaus



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On Tue, 10 May 2005 20:33:26 +0200, "Klaus Linke"
wrote:
=20
=20

"Kenneth" wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2005 10:03:42 -0700, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)"
75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote:
=20
Hi Kenneth,

This article may help:
=

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;256060&FR=3D1

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
"Kenneth" wrote in message =

...

Howdy,

When I open a TXT file in Word 2000 (or insert a TXT file in
another open DOC) a dialog opens asking how I want the
characters in the file converted.

How can I set the default to a particular conversion so that
the dialog does not open each time?

Sincere thanks,

Kenneth
=20
Hi Bob,
=20
I appreciate your response, but...
=20
I had found that article on my own. I made the registry
modification as described, re-booted, but still had the
problem.
=20
Do you know if there was something beyond the reg hack that
I was to have done?
=20
Thanks again,
--=20
Kenneth
=20
If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

=20
Hi Kenneth,

You must have seen a different KB article. And I don't think there is =

a registry setting for a default "open" encoding, since such a default =
setting would be a terrible idea.

You can use a macro to open text files using the specific encoding =

you want (maybe using some more sophisticated macro than the one from =
the KB article, which lets you specify the file using the "File Open" =
dialog).

You can even replace the "File Open" dialog with your sophisticated =

macro (though I wouldn't do that).

You can't set a default encoding for text files. The default in =

Windows apps is the Windows code page, or Unicode.
Either you let Word guess (with "confirm conversions" turned off), =

which will work for Windows text files and Unicode text files, or you'll =
have to specify the encoding (manually or by writing a macro).

Regards,
Klaus

=20
Hi Klaus,
=20
It is only for TXT files that I would like to set a default
encoding.
=20
Is there a way to do that?
=20
Or, if I wish to have Word "guess", is there a way to have
it do that?
=20
Thanks again,
--=20
Kenneth
=20
If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS."

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