How To Save Files In Different Formats
The save as file dialog is usually offering a few file formats a document can be saved in. This limitation can be overridden by putting the name and file extension in quotation marks.
It is therefor possible to save information in different data formats even if they are not supported by the software program. It is even possible to select data formats that are not compatible at all with the data. A text document could be saved as an excel document or zip file. This will obviously throw an error when trying to open the file unless the right viewer is selected.
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Very nice trick. Most software is sane enough to allow save file under any name, but some (especially parts of Windows) are extremely stubborn about that.
Similar good trick for opening any file when there is no “All files” option is typing *.* for file name and clicking Open. Will override filter and show all files in folder.