Word Processing problem? :S

[joshni]

Um yeah basically whenever i open a notepad file such as homework from a disc i have, it comes up with lots of random symbols for example:

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A ß
B
ß
C ß
D ß
E ß
F ß
G
H
I
J
K
L
M ß
N ß
O ß
P ß
Q ß
R ß
S ß
T ß
U ß
V ß
W ß
X ß
Y ß
Z ß
[ ß
\ ß
] ß
^ ß
_ ß
` ß
a ß
b
ß
c ß
d ß
e ß
f ß
g ß
h
i
j?ÅÂ\(õÃ
k
l
m
1
?
1
n
o
1
p
q
r
ß
s
t
ß
u
1
v
w
x
y
ß
z
{
|
}
~

€

‚
ƒ
„
…
†
‡
ˆ
‰
Š
‹
Œ

Ž



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’
“

”
•

–
—
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Now is there any way of preventing this from happening? something im missing maybe? Because also whenever I try to type scriptss for a program i use they don't work, whereas ones i get from the internet with all the wierd symbols in do. I would love to change this as it is highly irritating and annoying.

 

[johngalt]

Hi, joshni, and welcome to the forums.

Can you be more specific? What are the scripts for, and what OS?

 

[Jim R]

Looks like documents created in some word processing program you don't have at home. Notepad just shows what is there, control and formatting symbols included.

 

[johngalt]

But he said they were scripts - and most scripting languages are straight ASCII, IIRC....

 

[swarfega]

notepad isnt the best application to use as it can only handle plain ascii text. It looks like theres lots of formatting codes in there. Is it a word document?