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Help. I'm having trouble opening a file that ends in .snp. I'm in the army and receive files from them in this format. I've tried everything I know but no luck. I've done google searches for translators and tried every program on my computer. The only thing I can do at this point is email the file to myself at work and open them on the PC I use there. I have MS Office at home, but when I try to open the file, it opens it as an excel file that appears as a bunch of symbols/letters/numbers making no sense.

Can anyone help?
Thanks!!

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Hello,

On your PC at work, what program opens and shows the file properly? That would be the first part to see if we can find a Mac OS solution for you.

For example, does the PC open up Word? Pixelpaint? A web browser?

Thanks,

Christian

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I'll check that at work today and get back to you, thanks for responding.

Jill

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Christian,

At work on the PC, the program used to open the file was snapshot viewer. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Jill

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Jill,

Microsoft has shafted us red-headed stepchildren again. Would that Apple of yore had had prices competitive with DOS/Windows machines 15 years ago -- Apple would dominate the market today and we would not be having this discussion.

I sent the file to a Windows user and had him print it as pdf.

Walt

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Sounds like I'm SOL??

Thanks anyway.

Jill

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Hello Jill,

It is possible that you might be able to use Virtual PC to run a Windows on your Mac, and work with the files that way. I did a search on the file format, and it doesn't seem like there is a converter available. Perhaps your source of the files can send them to you in a different format, like a .jpg or perhaps a .png that is more universal, and that your Mac can work with.

Christian

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attach your file to an email addressed to pdf@koolwire.com and it will come back in a couple of minutes converted to PDF and you should then be able to read it!

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