Reading txt files

[Chris]

I just got some .txt files emailed to me from a news
service and when I open them in Notepad or MS Word in any
filetype, the text does show up, but there are so many
other weird characters on the screen, it's almost
impossible to read. What can I do?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Hi, Chris. If the weird characters are visible on screen but do not
print, then the article
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm explains what
they are. The article
http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/CleanWebText.htm might be
useful too.