Conversion of octet (8-dot rectangle) items

[maro1]

I have items, such as  business cards, that are no longer
readable as plain text.  Instead, they appear as 8-dot
rectangles. Some of the items were done  by the now
discarded Print Shop program.

Is there a procedure  for converting these items back to
readability?

I am using Firefox on a PC. Would MS Works be of any use?


Thanks in advance

[patio]

You will need whatever program that created those files to view them properly...It's possible that they converted to other file formats which would make them readable.