I've been trying to find some time to re-read the documentation, and when I opened it today, all I got was a bunch of random characters with the paragraphs in between them.

Picture What am I doing wrong/what is the recommended program to open the docs with?

I seem to remember it having pictures as well.....

Doc files don't open well with notepad or wordpad. I suggest using OpenOffice.org (it's free), which can be used with a lot of document formats.

ya open office by far is the est never ever use notepd it is horrible for reaing docs and yopur comp should already have open office or some other mircosoft word program.


do that and youll be fine and youll be reading the "lovely" extremely long getting started .doc

Do you have word? Did you maybe accidently used "open with" "notepad" on a .doc file on your computer?

use MS Word, that is what it was written for

MS word is best.
but i've posted part of the getting started doc here.

As I recall, MS Word is not a free application.

MercuryNoodles wrote:As I recall, MS Word is not a free application.

Correct...

I guess I need to re-install OpenOffice now, that's probably what I used years ago when I last read the docs.

You can get a MS Word viewer though and it is free.
Unfortunately I don't know the link but as always


Edit:
I am so nice MS word viewer 2007