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The question was mostly if there was an easy in browser fix for word wrap on txt files displaying in IE. Sadly that does not sound like it is the case. In this instance it is related to a hire-up who only uses IE for their browser requesting the files word wrap in their browser or be converted to another format that does. This issue is unique to IE since all other browsers are smart enough to word wrap txt files, and that these are hundreds of txt files stored in DSpace not visible to the public but archiving our e-mails which we obtained publisher permission for posting publications of our authors.The DSpace angle also complicates things a bit as they do not have any built in CSS that I could edit for this purpose. I am hoping they will be amenable to the suggestions to right click and open in notepad because txt files are darn preservation friendly and readable with almost anything since they are some of the simplest files in computing. Thanks for the input folks. On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Cornel Darden Jr. <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Hello, > > I'm not sure I completely understand your question. In my library Internet > explorer is a big no no. We haven't had anyone insist on using it. We've > even tried to have out hidden but the IT gods won't upset their Microsoft > masters like that. > > Is batch converting the emails to pdf or jpg not a solution? > > The point is just to see the content in IE right? > > If not, this is one of many IE issues that is well documented. Changing > the code for all the email and putting them in an iframe might work as was > mentioned earlier. I'm curious about this and would like to solve it, but > opening IE is not something I'm prepared to do. > > It does sound like a white space issue that could be changed with some CSS > > Thanks, > > Cornel Darden Jr. > MSLIS > Library Department Chair > South Suburban College > 7087052945 > > "Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong > learning." > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 13, 2014, at 8:59 AM, Matthew Sherman <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > For anyone who knows Internet Explore, is there a way to tell it to use > > word wrap when it displays txt files? This is an odd question but one of > > my supervisors exclusively uses IE and is going to try to force me to > > reupload hundreds of archived permissions e-mails as text files to a > > repository in a different, less preservable, file format if I cannot tell > > them how to turn on word wrap. Yes it is as crazy as it sounds. Any > > assistance is welcome. > > > > Matt Sherman >