Leon001 0 Posted November 12, 2019 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.
0 Level 5 PinkElephant 9,253 Posted November 13, 2019 Level 5 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.
0 Level 5 DTLow 5,750 Posted November 13, 2019 Level 5 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
0 Level 5* jefito 5,598 Posted November 13, 2019 Level 5* 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.
0 Leon001 0 Posted November 13, 2019 Author 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.
0 Level 5 PinkElephant 9,253 Posted November 13, 2019 Level 5 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.
0 Leon001 0 Posted November 13, 2019 Author 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!
0 pietersmelt 0 Posted December 17, 2020 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?
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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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