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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 >>