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From: Eric Haas <>
Subject: Re[2]: [TMG] Gedcom
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:03:44 -0400
References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010716162659.009fc9e0@widomaker.com>
In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20010716162659.009fc9e0@widomaker.com>



Monday, July 16, 2001, 4:57:28 PM, you wrote:

GK> Earlier today Carol asked:

>>I am having trouble reading a gedcom. It has an acrobat reader icon on it
>>and when it is opened I get an error message that the file does not
>>contain the opening %PDF.

GK> You said that you are trying to read a GEDCOM. A GEDCOM file name should
GK> have the file extension .ged. Your note suggests that your computer may
GK> "associate" the .ged file extension with an Adobe PDF format. That's not
GK> correct. GEDCOM files are text files that you may open and view in WordPad,
GK> Windows Write, or another simple ward processor. Another kind TMG-L member
GK> has already described how to do this.

It may be the case that her file associations are correct but, that
somehow, this particular GEDCOM has ended up with a .PDF extension, in
which case the solution is to simply rename the file with a .GED
extension.

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