From: tedcrum@socrates.berkeley.edu
Date: Mon May 21 2001 - 10:28:41 PDT
Bond,
Dat files are sometimes plain text configuration files, sometimes
formatted configurattion files, and sometimes Wordperfect for Windows
documents. A bad choice, IMHO, by WP.
I have my installation of MS Word set to "confirm conversions at
open" (options, general), which lets me use Word as a document
analyser. At open, it tells me what format it thinks the document is in,
determined by its content. "Plain Text" usually means just that, or
unrecognizable.
If you are using Windows, Quickview will open and analyse many file
formats.
-Ted
>
> Folks,
>
> How do I open files with the extension .dat? I have several of these that I
> received as attachments, from a trusted source, but I'm not sure how to go
> about opening them. I'd like to get them opened, and then saved in a more
> usable format, and sent back to my client.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bond
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