Try renaming the file as "x.txt", open it in WordPad and see
if it opens. Edit it as needed and then save it as .txt.
Then open it again and "save as" "rtf x.rtf" and see if
that works.
It is possible your WordPad is damaged, does it open other
..rtf files? Not sure of the fix for WordPad, perhaps
Kelly's Korner has a fix, or try "sfc /scannow"
"Rob Schneider" <rmschne@removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net>
wrote in message
| RJ wrote:
|
| > I am working with an RTF file that I can open in Notepad
| > on my XP machine (it looks ugly, of course) but when I
try
| > to open it in Wordpad the document is empty. I have
| > successfully opened the file in Wordpad on my WIN98
| > machine.
| > Anyone else have this problem? Or more importantly,
know
| > a solution?
| > -RJ
|
| RTF is a specification which describes how to store
documents with text
| properties, e.g. font, bold, formatting, etc.
|
| My hunch is the RTF file is "broken" and Wordpad can't
read it to
| translate it from RTF to present it on the screen. My
hunch is that it
| became broken when you edited/saved it in Notepad. What
you see when you
| open an RTF file in Notepad is the "source code" RTF
coding. Not sure I
| would call it "ugly" since it is what it is. My hunch is
that the file
| is now corrupted and not recognised any more as a RTF
file.
|
