My first thought was to create a custom style sheet, but sadly IE 
doesn't seem to apply it to plain text files, regardless of the fact 
that IE wraps then in HTML. Of course, I've never used a custom style 
sheet with IE before, so maybe I did something wrong.

Two other possibilities. Once the txt file is loaded in IE, press Ctrl-U 
to view source, which _does_ have word wrap. The other possibility, try 
a bookmarklet. Found one that works at 
<http://cerealnumber.livejournal.com/37372.html>. The only change I'd 
suggest making is to substitute _whiteSpace='pre-wrap'_ for 
_wordWrap='break-word'_.

Either of these assumes your supervisor wouldn't object to an extra 
keypress or click.

On 10/13/2014 10:13 PM, Matthew Sherman wrote:
> 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
>>