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[Solved] Open email (EML) document with OpenOffice
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:37 am
by BDClapp
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I have several documents that I need help translating. It comes in as an EML and it tries to translate as Western Europe (ASCII/US). Can anyone help me with this?
Re: I don't know where to get help
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 2:03 am
by robleyd
EML files are most likely an archived email that preserves the original HTML formatting and headers. OpenOffice does not handle these files; see if
Easy Ways to Open EML Files - wikiHow is of any help.
Re: Open email (EML) document with OpenOffice
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 12:27 pm
by RoryOF
It is also said (not checked by me) that such files will open in a plain text editor (and possibly in Writer?), but that one would have to wade through html code to find the core text.
Re: Open email (EML) document with OpenOffice
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:11 pm
by LastUnicorn
I have a portable .eml viewer that I've used occasionally over the years on computers elsewhere that are not my own. Can be got here:
Portable EML Viewer. No need to install, just download, unpack and launch the EMLViewer.exe file.
P.S. If you have an email client on your system — Outlook, Thunderbird, Betterbird, etc. — then you could just use that to open the .eml file — should work just fine.