Donna, There is a chance that RTF files are associated with Windows Wordpad instead of Word 2003. Wordpad is not able to interpret the advanced formatting and you see garbage. If you exit Wordpad without editing or saving the RTF file, and then open the RTF file from Word's File menu, the problem will probably disappear. If that is what is happening, you should be able to have the files open in Word by associating Word with RTF files. To do this, go to the folder where an RTF file is located, right-click on the file's icon > Open With > Choose Program > check mark "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" > MS Word > OK Let us know if this solves the problem. Bill Buchanan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:17 PM Subject: [PAF-5] Help with FGR opening in RTF > Need some input on opening my PAF5 FGR in the RTF. > > I recently purchased a new computer which has Word 2003 in it. I have just > noticed when I try to Print to File and Open a Family Group Record in Rich > Text Formula that it will not open correctly with all of the Lines and Boxes > like it is suppose to do. > > In my old Version of Word 97 Had no problem with the FGR showing like it is > suppose to ... > > I also have had to re-install my PAF5 program on the new computer. > > Can I have some input as what has happened. > > Thanks for your Help and Input. > Donna > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.9/1364 - Release Date: 4/7/2008 6:38 PM > >

Bill I did that already. What happens is that it opens in Word but I have like little Paragraphs Symbols beside each line. You can read what is there but it is not in the FGR Form with the lines and boxes like it is suppose to be. Maybe I have Word not formatted right or something.??? I have that paragraph symbol that I cannot get rid of. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Buchanan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] Help with FGR opening in RTF > Donna, > There is a chance that RTF files are associated with Windows Wordpad > instead > of Word 2003. Wordpad is not able to interpret the advanced formatting and > you see garbage. If you exit Wordpad without editing or saving the RTF > file, > and then open the RTF file from Word's File menu, the problem will > probably > disappear. If that is what is happening, you should be able to have the > files open in Word by associating Word with RTF files. To do this, go to > the > folder where an RTF file is located, right-click on the file's icon > Open > With > Choose Program > check mark "Always use the selected program to > open > this kind of file" > MS Word > OK > > Let us know if this solves the problem. > > Bill Buchanan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:17 PM > Subject: [PAF-5] Help with FGR opening in RTF > > >> Need some input on opening my PAF5 FGR in the RTF. >> >> I recently purchased a new computer which has Word 2003 in it. I have > just >> noticed when I try to Print to File and Open a Family Group Record in >> Rich >> Text Formula that it will not open correctly with all of the Lines and > Boxes >> like it is suppose to do. >> >> In my old Version of Word 97 Had no problem with the FGR showing like it > is >> suppose to ... >> >> I also have had to re-install my PAF5 program on the new computer. >> >> Can I have some input as what has happened. >> >> Thanks for your Help and Input. >> Donna >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.9/1364 - Release Date: 4/7/2008 > 6:38 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.9/1365 - Release Date: 4/8/2008 > 7:30 AM > >

Maybe the third time is the charm, as they say. This is actually my report on the conversion of PDF files to other formats. This time I am just replying without changing the Subject line, in case that was the problem. Zamzar.com WAS able to convert the two PDF files to Word format. One of the PDF files was a 24 page Modified Register Report and the other was a full page graphic file. It took Zamzar about an hour. The link that they emailed to me didn't work, but they also directed me to their website, where there was a download link to a zip archive containing my converted files. Clicking this link downloaded my files to my computer. The files looked perfect in Word. There was heavy use of text boxes, which is excellent for retaining the original formatting, but can be awkward to edit. (PAF probably makes heavier use of text boxes.) I was pleased to get my converted files back in a reasonable time and that the service was free. So consider this (and similar services) when you need to convert a PDF to text. Bill Buchanan