Thanks David, I had to try and then just retyped all the text. Then I found what I lost, another Senior power failure. and I got the colors fixed by restoring to a couple of days back.I don't know what I did to the colors, but they looked like negatives. then I hit a key on this micro Keyboard that turned my text 45 degrees to the left. Any way I have it all back in place now and can get on with what I was doing. Thank for taking the time to answer me, Peggy in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Creelman" <davidcr@sympatico.ca> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] changing text from Paint to Notepad > Hi Peggy > If you saved in Paint you no longer have text. The text is now part of of a > picture file- jpeg, bmp or whatever you saved it as. > I believe good OCR programs can open these file types and(with the usual OCR > errors) capture the text. > I'm not sure this is worth the expense, and OCR can be tricky. > > Do you have other options, like finding another text copy, or copying from > the files you have with good old fashioned typing? > > I'm not sure what you mean in the second question. Setting colours in a > program mentioned here, or Windows? > In Windows- press Start---Control Panel---Display, choose the Settings tab. > I think > that is right for Me. > > Keep supplying more info if this isn't helping! > David Creelman > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peggy Broughton" <peggyj@our-town.com> > To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 10:10 AM > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] changing text from Paint to Notepad > > > >I accidentally saved some documents in Paint, now I need to change them > >over > > to notepad. when I open it with notepad, all I get are squares and > > squiggles, > > and I am having trouble setting the colors, I am using W-ME, 308 mgs of > > ram > > and a 30 gig hard drive, 56k modem. It is a Compaq 52WV280 series. > > Peggy in Texas > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "The Fosters" <lrfoster@joimail.com> > > To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 7:07 AM > > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Picture Files Problem > > > > > >> Thank you, John, I did right click to open - just doesn't work. > >> > >> > >> ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > >> To find and join surname and location genealogy lists at RootsWeb go > >> here: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com > >> > >> ============================== > >> New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > >> ancestors > > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > To view or submit a GEDCOM, go here: > http://wc.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hi Peggy It sounds like you are having a few too many adventures in computing! Tip: Make a copy of the file you want to work on and work with the copy. Then your original is fine if something goes wrong, or if you change your mind about your changes. If you are 100% sure you have saved what you want, you can discard the original. Often saving the original file(photo, received document) is a good idea anyway. In Photoshop(my favorite program), I can save photos as a copy from the save as dialogue, so I don't have to do that. Not all programs work this way, so making a copy in advance is a very good idea. David Creelman From: "Peggy Broughton" <peggyj@our-town.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] changing text from Paint to Notepad > Thanks David, I had to try and then just retyped all the text. Then I > found > what I lost, another Senior power failure. > and I got the colors fixed by restoring to a couple of days back.I don't > know what I did to the colors, but they looked like negatives. > > > then I hit a key on this micro Keyboard that turned my text 45 degrees to > the left. Any way I have it all back in place now and can get on with > what > I was doing. > Thank for taking the time to answer me, > Peggy in Texas