I ran a test on both suggestions. .txt files were still garbage but changing
them to RTF files worked like a charm. I have now moved all my documents to
Vista. Thanks a million for the help.
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Retired Hokie


"John" wrote:
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> If you open WP in Vista and go File-Open, look in the lower right, to the
> right of File Name... see File Format?
> Click the drop-down arrow in File Format to see what formats WP supports. If
> there's not any major formatting, take the 95 .doc files and save them as
> RTF files in 95. Or save them as .txt files. Then Vista WP should be able to
> read them.
>
> If you have many .doc files, see if there are file format converters for
> Vista WP that support your 95 WP format.
>
>
> "Hokie60" <Hokie60@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:21DC43FA-B149-4DFA-B908-B8AE51956A06@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > They are saved as .doc extension in 95 and "yes" I am using Vista Wordpad.
> > What extension should I use? Thanks for the help as I am a rookie at this.
> > --
> > Retired Hokie
> >
> >
> > "Cameron Snyder" wrote:
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> >> In what format are they saved under 95? What file extension do they have?
> >> Try saving them in another format--rich text format (save as) and then
> >> re-do
> >> your copy. And you are opening them in Vista WordPad, right? Not Notepad.
> >>
> >> "Hokie60" <Hokie60@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:655F2E06-55CB-4612-87A3-D30A66303C43@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have an old computer running Windows95 which has a lot of documents
> >> >written
> >> > with wordpad. I want to move them to a new computer running Windows
> >> > Vista.
> >> > I
> >> > tried copying them to a disc and loading them into Documents but now
> >> > they
> >> > are
> >> > unreadable garbage. Any suggestions????
> >> > --
> >> > Retired Hokie
> >>
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