Cynthia, well, your problem is a very basic one. There are at least 2 methods to get what you want:
1. Open Notepad - Wordpad is ok too, or any other plain text (!) editor 2. On the main menu bar click on Files | open 3. In the dialog that opens navigate to where your gedcom sits on your pc, select (mark) the file and click Open (or is it OK?) Alternatively you could also drag & drop your gedcom over the notepad.exe file entry in Explorer, this would open the file immediately. But you need to have both the file and the program visible in your explorer in order to do so. Can be done with 2 Explorer windows open at the same time or if you have a Notepad icon sitting at your desktop or in the task tray. If all this doesn't apply or if you aren't familiar with this, the basic method described works fine. The other method referred to by Lisa only works if your context (right-click) menu has the 'Open with...' entry. Most of the times this is the first entry on top of the list. There's also a 'Send to...' entry in the context menu. There you are offered several options like Lisa described. But again, you may not have Notepad in that list. Under 'Open with...' a dialog prompts you for the program to use. Move your cursur down into the second bigger entry box where you'll see all the applications on your PC. Move down to 'Notepad' (you can speed this up by pressing the N-key). If you don't want to change the standard program for opening Gedcoms in, don't tick the 'Always open this file with ...' box! Now just click OK. If you don't see the 'Open with...' and also don't have Notepad under the 'Send to...' options, it's better to follow the procedure described at the beginning of this message. Good luck Tilman P.S. Sorry, my reply was posted under the thread, and it shows there quite fine on my PC (OE 5.5.) Don't know why you wouldn't have it threaded? This may depend on how different mail-progs do read messages ... and also on the VIEW setting you have selected. I guess you can change this in Outlook too. You can btw find detailed directions on how to open specific files with the program of your choice if you search the Windows Help (I assume you're using some flavour of Windows). Click on START, select Help and in Help enter e.g. the 'keywords file open in program' under the Search tab. But you'll probably know this already. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:30 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Address format help needed > Tilman, > > Thank you for kindly detailing what I need to do here. I know how to find > the gedcom, but I do not know how to open it up in Notepad - how would I do > that? When I find the gedcom I have usually double clicked and it opens up > in my FTM program so I am not sure how to send it to Notepad. Explicit > directions please - and do thread your reply - it is easier for me to have > all the info in one place. To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp
