How to find solution to Wordpad problem

Re: More problems with auto .txt extension -- lsgilstrap
Posted by Jean Ichbiah ® , Thu, Nov 06, 2003, 08:40:24 Reply Top Forum

This is a Wordpad problem. As long as it adds a .txt extension there is no good reason for Instant Text to recognize it.

To find the solution you could post a question on some Microsoft board or call their support line and wait... Quite often you can get a quicker answer from Google. For example, I did a Google search for "wordpad adds .txt" and found the following at http://www.ba.infn.it/~zito/learning/leapc.html

Useful windows tricks
When saving a file with wordpad, to avoid that Wordpad adds .txt to your name, put your name in " ".

Try it. Try to put "susie.glo" quotes included.

Other solutions include going to the Windows explorer to remove the spurious .txt extension. I wonder also why you do so much glossary work in WordPad but if you really need to, you may be better off getting a real text editor such as UltraEdit.

Jean Ichbiah


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