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by randerson7

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Word Document has been saved as Rich Text File in Works. How to open and salvage the contents?

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by thumbsup2

Chances are the file is set to read only on the flash drive. Copy it to your hard drive, then use WORD to open it, fix the formatting if necessary and save it as a .DOC file. If you don't have WORD installed, you can download Open Office which is capable of opening that type of file (RTF) and saving as a .DOC file.

by randerson7

I could not copy to local drive and work with it. Led me to believe it was corrupt. Did not ask how to open or give options. The file was created with Works originally and saved as a .rtf. The student apparently had been trying different machines and different formats. I had him go back to the Works machine and open it there. The file had become corrupt through use and abuse.

by ic-it

If you have Word, open Word first then use the File-Open option. That way if you don't have the convertor for Works it will prompt you to download it.

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