Peter Foldes

If this RTF file was produced with Outlook 2003/2007 and was not using Word as the
editor then only Outlook will open it.

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"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Theslaz" <theslaz@gmail.com> wrote in message news:6beYk.1185$si6.375@edtnps83...
>> Bruce Hagen wrote:
>>>
>>> "Theslaz" <theslaz@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:4931658D.2060401@gmail.com...
>>>> Bruce Hagen wrote:
>>>>> "Theslaz" <theslaz@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:hwcYk.1165$si6.241@edtnps83...
>>>>>> Just received a email from my sister and she had a RTF attachment. Went to
>>>>>> open it and it was all garbled. It tried to open in Microsoft Word. I then
>>>>>> tried to open it in Adobe and it to failed. A warning came up stating that it
>>>>>> probably was sent as an email attachment and probably wasn't decoded
>>>>>> properly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using XP Professional. Is there a way to get remedy this problem as I
>>>>>> have had this happen before?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you using Outlook Express? OE, and most other e-mail clients, can't
>>>>> understand MS Outlook's Rich Text Formatting, (RTF). Have her send it in Plain
>>>>> Text, or HTML.
>>>> Sister can't send in any other format. She works for a company that restricts
>>>> what can be sent and how.
>>>>
>>>> Couldn't find WordPad in my copy of windows. I also tried to open the file in
>>>> Note Pad; didn't work.
>>>>
>>>> I have saved it to my desktop and tried to open it from there with negative
>>>> results.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird as my email client.
>>>>
>>>> My wife uses Incredimail and she could not open the file either.
>>>>
>>>> Sent the file to my laptop. Same problem there. Laptop does have Wordpad. Same
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> I have a laptop with Vista; will try that and see what happens.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have never used this, but it's freeware and worth a try.
>>>
>>> RTF Viewer 1.5:
>>> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/rtfviewer.html
>> Downloaded the program. weird to say the least. Opens with a blank
>> document/program; only gives three choices under file: Print; Print setup and
>> exit. I therefore clicked on my RTF file and used "Open With" and choose the "RTF
>> Viewer"; it then gave me a choice of saving a file as an .exe file; which I did.
>> The RTF viewer than opened up with the garbled contents that I had before!
>
>
> I don't have anything to add, except that WordPad is in Start | All Programs |
> Accessories.
>
> I don't know if WordPad can read an RTF file, just going by what Jerry Ed said.
>
> Save the attachment to your HDD if you haven't yet and Right Click | Open With and
> choose WordPad.
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>
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP Outlook Express
> Imperial Beach, CA
>

Jim

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:54:45 GMT, Theslaz <theslaz@gmail.com> wrote:

>Bruce Hagen wrote:
>> "Theslaz" <theslaz@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hwcYk.1165$si6.241@edtnps83...
>>> Just received a email from my sister and she had a RTF attachment.
>>> Went to open it and it was all garbled. It tried to open in Microsoft
>>> Word. I then tried to open it in Adobe and it to failed. A warning
>>> came up stating that it probably was sent as an email attachment and
>>> probably wasn't decoded properly.
>>>
>>> I'm using XP Professional. Is there a way to get remedy this problem
>>> as I have had this happen before?
>>
>>
>> Are you using Outlook Express? OE, and most other e-mail clients, can't
>> understand MS Outlook's Rich Text Formatting, (RTF). Have her send it in
>> Plain Text, or HTML.
>Sister can't send in any other format. She works for a company that
>restricts what can be sent and how.
>
>Couldn't find WordPad in my copy of windows. I also tried to open the
>file in Note Pad; didn't work.
>
>I have saved it to my desktop and tried to open it from there with
>negative results.
>
>I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird as my email client.
>
>My wife uses Incredimail and she could not open the file either.
>
>Sent the file to my laptop. Same problem there. Laptop does have
>Wordpad. Same problem.
>
>I have a laptop with Vista; will try that and see what happens.

D/l and try Jarte ( free ) RTF .

Theslaz

Dave Cohen wrote:
> Jerry Ed wrote:
>> Use WordPad.
>>
>> It has been in all Windows since Windows 95.
>>
>> Start > Programs > Accessories > WordPad
>>
>> JE
>>
>>
>> "Theslaz" <theslaz@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:hwcYk.1165$si6.241@edtnps83...
>>> Just received a email from my sister and she had a RTF attachment.
>>> Went to open it and it was all garbled. It tried to open in Microsoft
>>> Word. I then tried to open it in Adobe and it to failed. A warning
>>> came up stating that it probably was sent as an email attachment and
>>> probably wasn't decoded properly.
>>>
>>> I'm using XP Professional. Is there a way to get remedy this problem
>>> as I have had this happen before?
>>
>>
> It's not an rtf file, if it were it would open in MS Word, I get them
> all the time. It may have been sent as .rtf, but it's not .rtf format
> when you get it.
> I suspect it's in some form of mime code. I used to have a utility that
> was supposed to decode this stuff. Sometimes it did,but not always.
> Do a google search on 'mime decoder'. I looked at this:
> http://www.miken.com/uud/
> Can't hurt to try.
> Dave Cohen
Finally got to see what was in the file. This is what we did. Sister
that sent the RTF file sent it to my other sister at her work. Other
sister tried sending it to her home computer and it would not open. She
than opened it at her work and saved it as a "Word Doc". She than sent
that to me and it opened.

I think that the Adobe program was correct when it generated a error
dialog box that stated "that it probably was sent as an email attachment
and probably wasn't decoded properly"!