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More on File Conversion opening text file
I started a new thread because this seems to be going in a totally different
direction. I have a Word XP user who opens a text file created by an antiquated database report generator and gets the File Conversion - Choose Format dialog box offering Word Default, MS-DOS, and Other, with a list of choices. The list defaults to Unicode-7. Two other users have the exact same system, same image with same programs, and open the same files, but do not get the dialog. The user does not have "Confirm conversions at open" checked. Using Unicode-7 to open the file causes certain characters to drop out; opening with Windows default or Unicode-8 seems to work fine. Also, the user can open the text file in an older version of WordPerfect, save it as a Word file, and then open it in Word and have everything okay. Some questions: (1) I read in several places that text files generated by some older programs may not have been Unicode-compatible, and Word my have difficulty recognizing such files. This report generator is older than "legacy". If this might be the issue, is there a way we can verify it? And could we expect more problems down the road due to the technology gap? (2) Only this one user has this issue. The others do not. Bad or missing converter, perhaps? (3) Is it possible to set this to always open with Windows default or Unicode-8? Or to write a macro that will always open the desired file with Windows default or Unicode-8? Ed |
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