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Asked: 2021-11-02T00:54:30+00:00 In:

Solved Symbols Instead of Plain Text On Wordpad

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I wanted to open up documents and never had a problem reading it; now its all symbols on word pad. I don’t know how to convert it so that I can read it

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      You either lost your PDF reader, or somewhere down the line, Windows somehow got its wires crossed, lost its association with it and now sends it to Wordpad instead.

      Wordpad can’t open a pdf and never could.
      You need pdf software to be installed.
      Commonly, Adobe Reader is used for this purpose.
      http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/re…

      Personally I prefer Sumatra PDF; No adware or sponsored crap – much smaller faster and lighter – (plus you can read e-books on it as well as pdf docs).
      https://kjkpub.s3.amazonaws.com/sum…

      For now: Assuming you have Adobe Reader installed.
      Right click your file;
      Select, ‘Open with’. Is Adobe Rdr in the list?
      If so click on it and your document will open properly.
      You may have to go through the ‘make my default’ process to make the association automatico nce more..

      If for some reason you no longer seem to have a PDF reader, either go to Adobe’s site to download the latest version:
      http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/re…
      or try SumatraPDF, above.

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