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--