paulineindoors wrote:

> Hi I receive emails from a friend with attachments, but, for some
> reason, when I open some of them, all I see is a jumble of letters
> and symbols. I have tried opening them in notepad but it is still
> the same.
> Can any one advise me of what I should be opening it with to read it.


To access a file correctly, you need to use an appropriate program for
*that* particular file type. What program that is depends on the file type.


> When I click properties, all it says is 'txt'


Is the file name something.txt? If so, it's identified as a text file and
notepad should be able to read it. If notepad displays garbage characters,
then it's obviously *not* text, despite what its name indicates, and has
been misnamed. You should check with your friend to find out specifically
what he sent you.

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> Many thanks in advance.
> Pauline