Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Steve Rickaby
Thanks guys but I'm on a Mac. Ok, ok, I do *have* a Windoze box, I just hate using it Will report back on mystery character when I get time. -- Steve

Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a good free Hex editor: http://frhed.sourceforge.net/en/ Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 10-Dec-12 6:10 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > At 11:01 -0500 10/12/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: > >> Sounds like you might be able to identify the mystery character by opening >> the

Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 11:01 -0500 10/12/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >Sounds like you might be able to identify the mystery character by opening the >Word/RTF source file in a hex editor. It would satisfy curiosity, if nothing >else! Great idea if I *had* a hex editor ;-) -- Steve

Re: Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Steve Rickaby
Thanks guys but I'm on a Mac. Ok, ok, I do *have* a Windoze box, I just hate using it Will report back on mystery character when I get time. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to

Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 10/12/2012 11:10 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > At 11:01 -0500 10/12/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: > >> Sounds like you might be able to identify the mystery character by opening >> the Word/RTF source file in a hex editor. It would satisfy curiosity, if >> nothing else! > > Great idea if I *had* a he

Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 10/12/2012 3:44 AM, Chris Despopoulos wrote: > What MIF wash actually does is simply ignore any garbage in the file. > MIF is pretty much a text representation of the binary format. But MIF > interpretation is loose, so if there's any garbage in there, saving as > MIF *might* write the garbage o

Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 00:44 -0800 10/12/12, Chris Despopoulos wrote: >Second, this problem apparently occurred by opening Word in Maker??? >Something like that. There are many problems with Word to Maker. You should >not copy directly from Word into Maker... Especially tables. If you copy a >table, I did no

Re: Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Here's a good free Hex editor: http://frhed.sourceforge.net/en/ Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 10-Dec-12 6:10 PM, Steve Rickaby wrote: At 11:01 -0500 10/12/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: Sounds like you might be able to identify the mystery character by opening the Word/R

Re: Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 10/12/2012 11:10 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: At 11:01 -0500 10/12/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: Sounds like you might be able to identify the mystery character by opening the Word/RTF source file in a hex editor. It would satisfy curiosity, if nothing else! Great idea if I *had* a hex editor ;-

Re: Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 11:01 -0500 10/12/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >Sounds like you might be able to identify the mystery character by opening the >Word/RTF source file in a hex editor. It would satisfy curiosity, if nothing >else! Great idea if I *had* a hex editor ;-) -- Steve _

Re: Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Stuart Rogers
On 10/12/2012 3:44 AM, Chris Despopoulos wrote: What MIF wash actually does is simply ignore any garbage in the file. MIF is pretty much a text representation of the binary format. But MIF interpretation is loose, so if there's any garbage in there, saving as MIF *might* write the garbage out, bu

Re: Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 00:44 -0800 10/12/12, Chris Despopoulos wrote: >Second, this problem apparently occurred by opening Word in Maker??? >Something like that. There are many problems with Word to Maker. You should >not copy directly from Word into Maker... Especially tables. If you copy a >table, I did no

Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Chris Despopoulos
What MIF wash actually does is simply ignore any garbage in the file.  MIF is pretty much a text representation of the binary format.  But MIF interpretation is loose, so if there's any garbage in there, saving as MIF *might* write the garbage out, but it will certainly not read it.  In this cas

Mif Wash FYI [was Re: Table that won't sort correctly: wash-up]

2012-12-10 Thread Chris Despopoulos
What MIF wash actually does is simply ignore any garbage in the file.? MIF is pretty much a text representation of the binary format.? But MIF interpretation is loose, so if there's any garbage in there, saving as MIF *might* write the garbage out, but it will certainly not read it.? In this cas