Leon001 0 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Hello, I recently saved a Word document in Evernote and when I tried to open it I was unable to because it was converted into a .dat file. Can this be easily changed back to a usable Word file, and if so how? Thanks for the help. Link to comment
0 Level 5 PinkElephant 6,213 Posted November 13, 2019 Level 5 Share Posted November 13, 2019 Maybe try this software: https://www.winmail-dat.com/winmail-reader-setup.exe It is free, and converts win mail.dat-files into the several files typically packed in there. This is for Windows, the program is available for other operating systems as well. Have not tried it myself. Link to comment
0 Level 5* DTLow 5,721 Posted November 13, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted November 13, 2019 22 hours ago, Leon001 said: I recently saved a Word document in Evernote and when I tried to open it I was unable to because it was converted into a .dat file. Can you give us some details as to how this file was saved afaik Evernote does not change file formats There are some exceptions, but all my Office/iWork files remain in native format Link to comment
0 Level 5* jefito 5,586 Posted November 13, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted November 13, 2019 I think that's probably something that you did (or rather, something that Outlook does for you); did you send an email to Evernote via Outlook, since winmail.dat is an Outlook thing. Reference: http://ipswitchmsg.force.com/kb/articles/FAQ/What-is-winmail-dat-1307739586757; telling quote: Quote Description What is winmail.dat? Solution Here's a definitive resolution for the "winmail.dat" issue. If you, as an Outlook user, send e-mail formatted as Rich Text (RTF), and you send it to a person whose mail client does not support RTF, then that person will receive a plain text message, and everything else - attachments included - will be wrapped up into an unreadable "winmail.dat" file. Link to comment
0 Leon001 0 Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 Thanks for the replies and helpful suggestions. I have been forwarding emails with Word files from Outlook which appears to be the issue. I guess the fix will be to forward documents from another email program. Evernote is not something I use extensively so this may account for my inability to figure this out. Thanks again. Link to comment
0 Level 5 PinkElephant 6,213 Posted November 13, 2019 Level 5 Share Posted November 13, 2019 It is a while ago since I have used Outlook, but I think there was an option somewhere in the settings that avoided conversion into the Winmail.dat-files. Maybe you try the Help function, or google for a solution. Link to comment
0 Leon001 0 Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 1 hour ago, PinkElephant said: It is a while ago since I have used Outlook, but I think there was an option somewhere in the settings that avoided conversion into the Winmail.dat-files. Maybe you try the Help function, or google for a solution. Thank you! Link to comment
0 pietersmelt 0 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I do think the problem is with evernote. When I forward docs to Omnifocus everything's good. Looks like evernote should use the same setup as Omnifocus? Link to comment
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Hello, I recently saved a Word document in Evernote and when I tried to open it I was unable to because it was converted into a .dat file. Can this be easily changed back to a usable Word file, and if so how? Thanks for the help.
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