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ack! My computer won't download properly. I try and download
pdf's and I get this message when I open it up and Word comes up.
File conversion
Select the encoding that makes your document readable
Windows (default)
MS-DOS
Other Encoding
Western European (Windows)
The Western European is one of many type that can be chosen. I have tried all of them and they all end up Chinese.
The files come out all like Chinese characters. I've tried to download several now and none work.
Please help me!
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ack! My computer won't download properly. I try and download (Original Post)
Maraya1969
Feb 2014
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steve2470
(37,457 posts)1. do you have a PDF reader like Adobe Acrobat ?
I don't think Word, Wordpad or Notepad are good for PDF files but I could be wrong.
Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)2. I'll have to see. I think I remember sometime about getting Adobe. Thanks.
Maraya1969
(22,441 posts)3. I think that worked. I downloaded Adobe and then I found the downloaded
file and opened it in Adobe and it opened! Thank you so much.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)4. you're very welcome ! nt