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Wordpad erasing half of document ???

  • 02-02-2010 06:02PM
    #1
    the_barfly1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 578 ✭✭✭


    Hi, wondering does anyone know whats going on here...
    I created a document in microsoft word, saved it in .rtf to make sure that any word processor could open it... Opened in wordpad to make sure that all the formatting etc was ok... Closed it, then re-opened it to find that half of the document had disappeared?

    Never seen this happen before and wondering is it something i'm doing wrong (which would surprise me because i'm pretty savvy when it comes to these things usually). Running Windows 7 so its the latest edition of wordpad that its happening with...

    Anybody know why this is happening? Its a right pain in the tits because it's a CV and I have to keep re-saving it in .rtf because it keeps erasing the second half of itself.

    Thanks
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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,484 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    save as a .DOC first so you have a full copy

    then save as .RTF - and you can revert back to the .DOC if needed

    try
    use ctrl-A to select all and cut/paste text into a new .RTF document

    try to save as an older .DOC format to see if the problem occurs there

    open the .RTF in word, to see if word can read it even if wordpad can't

    openoffice may be able to recover the .RTF when the others can't


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