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>Does anybody know how to save a Word 6.0 Document as PLAIN ASCII TEXT?
>I've tried option after option under "save as" and whatever I save ends
up with
>miscellaneous garbage symbols in it. I can't save anything in simple,
plain,
>ASCII text like I can in WP. Anybody have any ideas?
The "Text Only" option works well for me. Where are these misc. garbage
symbols appearing; in the text or at the top or bottom of the file?
