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I have a problem and it really has me stumped.
One of my new transcriptionists sent her first file to me and I cant open it. It appears in my incoming folder as scrap. At first I was able to open it but it came up as a .txt file. The transcriptionist tried to open it in her backup folder but could not. I closed it and tried to get it to open with MS Word as a .doc file, but then it came up in what I can only assume is some sort of machine language and I cannot get it to open at all in anything other than that machine language. Are there any Word experts out there who know what is happening to this? More importantly, does anyone know how to correct the problem? I tried renaming it in a *.doc * format with no luck. I also tried opening in *.txt format and got the same results. Ive gone into the Tools Options Save and it is set to save documenta as Word.doc format, and the transcriptionist also shows that On looking for the document on the Tx computer, she cannot find the file at all, even in the scrap format. So HELP! please if you can! |
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Jeri,
Place the scrap on your desktop. Open up Word and set the size and position of the Word application window so that you're able to see the icon for the scrap on the desktop. Use your mouse cursor and drag the scrap into your blank new document and drop it there. If for some reason, that doesn't work, the command line to open a shell scrap is rundll32 %SystemRoot%\system32\shscrap.dll,OpenScrap_RunDLL %1 where the %1 represents the path and file name to the scrap file. There are some security issues surrounding scrap files but I think most people don't use them because most are not aware of what they are. To make a new scrap, select some text in a Word document and simply drag the selection to an open area of your desktop. In the menu that appears, one option will be to create a scrap at that location. Windows Explorer will not allow you to see the extension but it is SHS. Steve "Jeri" wrote in message ... I have a problem and it really has me stumped. One of my new transcriptionists sent her first file to me and I can't open it. It appears in my incoming folder as "scrap." At first I was able to open it but it came up as a .txt file. The transcriptionist tried to open it in her backup folder but could not. I closed it and tried to get it to open with MS Word as a .doc file, but then it came up in what I can only assume is some sort of machine language and I cannot get it to open at all in anything other than that machine language. Are there any Word experts out there who know what is happening to this? More importantly, does anyone know how to correct the problem? I tried renaming it in a "*.doc "* format with no luck. I also tried opening in "*.txt" format and got the same results. I've gone into the Tools Options Save and it is set to save documenta as Word.doc format, and the transcriptionist also shows that On looking for the document on the Tx computer, she cannot find the file at all, even in the "scrap" format. So HELP! please if you can! |
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You, kind sir, are an absolute miracle worker! I did just what you said and
it did the job beautifully. You have my gratitude for taking the time and the trouble to solve this problem for us. Salutations and Kudos!! Jeri "Steve Yandl" wrote: Jeri, Place the scrap on your desktop. Open up Word and set the size and position of the Word application window so that you're able to see the icon for the scrap on the desktop. Use your mouse cursor and drag the scrap into your blank new document and drop it there. If for some reason, that doesn't work, the command line to open a shell scrap is rundll32 %SystemRoot%\system32\shscrap.dll,OpenScrap_RunDLL %1 where the %1 represents the path and file name to the scrap file. There are some security issues surrounding scrap files but I think most people don't use them because most are not aware of what they are. To make a new scrap, select some text in a Word document and simply drag the selection to an open area of your desktop. In the menu that appears, one option will be to create a scrap at that location. Windows Explorer will not allow you to see the extension but it is SHS. Steve "Jeri" wrote in message ... I have a problem and it really has me stumped. One of my new transcriptionists sent her first file to me and I can't open it. It appears in my incoming folder as "scrap." At first I was able to open it but it came up as a .txt file. The transcriptionist tried to open it in her backup folder but could not. I closed it and tried to get it to open with MS Word as a .doc file, but then it came up in what I can only assume is some sort of machine language and I cannot get it to open at all in anything other than that machine language. Are there any Word experts out there who know what is happening to this? More importantly, does anyone know how to correct the problem? I tried renaming it in a "*.doc "* format with no luck. I also tried opening in "*.txt" format and got the same results. I've gone into the Tools Options Save and it is set to save documenta as Word.doc format, and the transcriptionist also shows that On looking for the document on the Tx computer, she cannot find the file at all, even in the "scrap" format. So HELP! please if you can! |
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