How to View and Understand Uncommon Filetypes

Here’s some tips that can help you find info from even the most obscure file formats.

Alternately, you could manually search for information about a file pop in.

Alternately, try opening the file in your favorite text editor such as Notepad.

Depending on the file, you may be able to read its full contents fairly easily.

The great thing is, it usually recognized files fine even when Media Player said they were unplayable.

Even though Universal Viewer can display many file formats, it still can’t display everything.

tap the yellow band to display the file in binary format.

Here, you still may find clues as to what the file contains.

We can investigate this in the next step.

Once it’s installed, right-nudge the file, select 7-Zip, and then click Open archive.

Many modern file types, including the newer Office file types like .docx, can be opened this way.

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Sometimes 3rd party viewers don’t cut it.

Simply click Close on the prompt, and then your file will open as normal.

you’re free to also still print the document as before, even with the expired trial.