What Is a DAT File?

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Tip 1 - How to Read and Open .DAT Files in Windows

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by mehr mehri | permalink

So you just received an email with an attachment that someone sent you, but the extension on the file is .DAT. What exactly is a .DAT file and how to you o

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Tip 2 - How To Convert a DAT File into A Word Document

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Zina Lee | permalink

So you're stuck with a DAT file (.dat file extension) that was supposed to be a WORD document and you don't know what to do with it? Don't worry, help is here! You probably wonder what a DAT file is in the first place. Simply put, DAT files contain data in text or binary format.…

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Tip 3 - How to Open a DAT File in Word

Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago | Submitted by Stu Collett | permalink

File extensions usually tell your computer something about a particular file and how to open it. For instance, when the computer encounters a DOCX file, it will use Microsoft Word to open the file. ...

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