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Can't open an RTF file made a week ago
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Mar 8, 2003, 04:54 PM
 
For some reason I can not open this .RTF file that I created a week ago. I have tried opening it in TextEdit and Microsoft Word but it doesnt open for some reason. I dont see why this happened; do rich text files go bad after a couple weeks and you cant open them or something???
Anyhelp is appreciated!
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-Dan
     
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Mar 8, 2003, 05:17 PM
 
do rich text files go bad after a couple weeks and you cant open them or something???
Try opening it in BBEdit.
Or maybe your editor corrupted it.. what error does it give you?
     
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Mar 8, 2003, 05:28 PM
 
Originally posted by ambush:
Try opening it in BBEdit.
Or maybe your editor corrupted it.. what error does it give you?
It wont open. I try open it from textedit and it says: Open Failed
Could not open file

when i open it it in MS Word it has a bunch of weird looking letters and different assorted characters.
     
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Mar 8, 2003, 05:48 PM
 
Originally posted by zurek106:
It wont open. I try open it from textedit and it says: Open Failed
Could not open file

when i open it it in MS Word it has a bunch of weird looking letters and different assorted characters.
DL BBEdit Lite (versiontracker.com) and drag and drop your rtf document on it
     
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Mar 8, 2003, 05:51 PM
 
already did. Heres what I get

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Mar 8, 2003, 05:55 PM
 
OmniWeb will read most any kind of file, I especially like it ability to use drag n drop. If it looks like your last post, the file is corrupted.
     
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Mar 8, 2003, 06:11 PM
 
you also could try safari or Mellel
     
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Mar 8, 2003, 08:01 PM
 
Originally posted by SMacTech:
OmniWeb will read most any kind of file, I especially like it ability to use drag n drop. If it looks like your last post, the file is corrupted.
how does a file become corrupted?
     
   
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