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GMan (3 posts)
Aug-15-01, 04:54 PM (EST) "Wordpad Issue: What's happening????" LAST EDITED ON Aug-15-01 AT 05:03 PM (EST)I'm trying to enter the .eng and .wag files using wordpad to adjust coupler strength but get a page with completely non-sensical information. Lots of squares, @'s,$$, etc. but nothing that makes any sense. It looks something like hyroglyphics covering the whole page. Has anybody else seen this and if so what should I do. Every other post I've seen seems to have regular text in these files. Thanks in advance for your help.(edit)Nevermind...I found my problem. Thanks Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: Wordpad Issue: What's happening... ergobob Aug-16-01 1 RE: Wordpad Issue: What's happening... Hack Aug-16-01 2 RE: Wordpad Issue: What's happening... Boweavel Aug-16-01 3 RE: Wordpad Issue: What's happening... ergobob Aug-16-01 4

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ergobob (265 posts)
Aug-16-01, 09:33 AM (EST) 1. "RE: Wordpad Issue: What's happening????" You are probably using Notepad rather than Wordpad. Left click on a file and Open With "Wordpad".
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Hack (171 posts)
Aug-16-01, 11:28 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Wordpad Issue: What's happening????" Ensure that you're using "Wordpad" (wordpad.exe) and not the evil "Write" (write.exe). Both use the same icon and sit in the same Windows directory. Happened to me, and took a while of scratching my head to figure what I did wrong.Cheers!
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Boweavel (39 posts)
Aug-16-01, 11:35 AM (EST) 3. "RE: Wordpad Issue: What's happening????" what i need to know is , why when every things perfect, and then i change to little numbers (ie for coupler value) save it and its all of a sudden mixed around...plus not being to much of a puter buff...but i figured i had stuffed the file, so i deleted it and unziped a new...but the wag fil still come up in a word pad icon..not the usual white with window symbol on it.Is this ok still ? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ergobob (265 posts)
Aug-16-01, 03:18 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Wordpad Issue: What's happening????" In "Wordpad", you should see plain English text. Make changes and hit the black square icon that is the Save button. You do not want to do a save as with a different name or anything like that. What you are doing is saving the Same file with the same name but it now has your changes in it.Hope that helps.bob Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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