MS Works for MS-DOS File Has Garbled Text in Quick View

Last reviewed: August 28, 1995
Article ID: Q135181

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you use Quick View to view a document created in Microsoft Works version 3.0 for MS-DOS, you see garbled characters at the top of the document.

CAUSE

Files created in Microsoft Works 3.0 for MS-DOS are not compatible with Quick View.

RESOLUTION

Open the file in Microsoft Works 3.0 for MS-DOS.

KBCategory: kbtool
KBSubcategory: posfest win95
Additional reference words: 95

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Last reviewed: August 28, 1995
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