On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, w miller wrote: [snip] > Third, and MOST important: I was able to grab some needed files ^K I thought > ^K in the computer's dying breath. It turns out, though, that the icon says > "PC" and I get a message that it isn't a Word file when I try to open it. > It's urgent that I have access to that file today, but Text Edit won't open > it and neither will Simple Text. Does anyone know what I can use to open the > file? [snip]
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