Sep082011

How can I convert .dat files to Word or Excel?

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How can I convert .dat files to Word or Excel?



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Mulder

September 8, 2011

Why would you want to do that, since .dat files contain no user-readable data? These are generated by your email program when someone sends you an email with an attachment, so there’s nothing there that’s of any use to you.

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Mike

September 9, 2011
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Paul D Pruitt

September 10, 2011

I had to do this last week.  Try changing the extension from dat to doc and see if it opens…

Sharyn

 fantastic – changing the extension to docx – perfect !

February 29, 2012