Thanks Barrie I will try that if it happens again Regards Debz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barrie" <freebmd@myarcher.net> To: <freebmd-syndicates@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 9:46 PM Subject: Re: Does anyone know the answer > The most likely reason is that newline characters got changed to UNIX > convention in transmission. To test this try opening the file in WordPad > (Programs/Accessories/WordPad) which is more tolerant of different End > Of Line conventions than Notepad. > > How did the transcriber send the file to you? Try using a different > method or, in extremis, try zipping the file (if the transcriber can do > that). > > Barrie > > On 19:59, Debz wrote: >> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">Hi >> A new transcriber sent her 1st file to me this morning which wouldn't >> open so I opened it in notepad only to find that it was in a long >> string as though wordwrap had not been selected. >> Why does this happen and what changes do I need to get the transcriber >> to make for the file to arrive normally >> I was able to fiddle around and make it into an opening file. >> Thanking you >> Debz N Z >> >> </div> >> > > --Certified Virus Free by 4SecureMail.com ICSA-Certified Scanner-- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FREEBMD-SYNDICATES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message