programme to convert or tidy ascii txt file

bahjan · 30. Mar 2011, 05:09 PM

Hi,

Similar to question below. I have some files which I think were saved as ascii - when I open in notepad, the formatting has gone and there are extraneous characters - example:

4@ ÿÿ0 À€ x`d A4 öŠÀ‡ € € € Courier pú
Letter Gothic 0éù Orator 0¯p Presentor 0%r Prestige pEú Script °ìr 3yzx @ hAhAð@ð@ð@ ð@ @ @ð@ð@ E9 x< P P P P "mmx x ""m Layout 0 ÿgþ"``x x ""` Layout 1.........

As I say, I think it's ascii, but I'm not 100% sure. I'd like a freeware to convert it, or help me tidy it up. Thanks.

George · 01. Apr 2011, 11:32 AM

Hi bahjan,

Notepad is a program to view and edit text-only files. The sample you are showing in your post seems to be a file created by a word processor (like MS Word) that contains additional information like font type, font size, paragraph information and such. So it is not a text-only file, thus, you cannot view it in Notepad.

Do you know how this file was created? Most of the word processing programs offer the option to save the text as text-only. Then you could view it ok.

30. Mar 2011, 05:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
bahjan Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 4	programme to convert or tidy ascii txt file Hi, Similar to question below. I have some files which I think were saved as ascii - when I open in notepad, the formatting has gone and there are extraneous characters - example: 4@ ÿÿ0 À€ x`d A4 öŠÀ‡ € € € Courier pú Letter Gothic 0éù Orator 0¯p Presentor 0%r Prestige pEú Script °ìr 3yzx @ hAhAð@ð@ð@ ð@ @ @ð@ð@ E9 x< P P P P "mmx x ""m Layout 0 ÿgþ"``x x ""` Layout 1......... As I say, I think it's ascii, but I'm not 100% sure. I'd like a freeware to convert it, or help me tidy it up. Thanks.

01. Apr 2011, 11:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
George Progradminstrateditor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Frankfurt, GER Posts: 1,253	Hi bahjan, Notepad is a program to view and edit text-only files. The sample you are showing in your post seems to be a file created by a word processor (like MS Word) that contains additional information like font type, font size, paragraph information and such. So it is not a text-only file, thus, you cannot view it in Notepad. Do you know how this file was created? Most of the word processing programs offer the option to save the text as text-only. Then you could view it ok. __________________ Best regards, George

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