I am trying to edit out the portion of a .pz3 file that is corrupted. When I save the edited file, (I edit it in Word, or TextEdit) there is no apparent way to save it in a way that can be re-opened in Poser. Does anybody know of any tricks for doing this?

It is possible that word is changing the .pz3 extension to .doc or .txt ; make sure that is not the case. Also make sure you are saving as a text file so that Word is not adding hidden formatting codes. You do not mention if you are on PC or Mac, Mac people might correct me on this but if Word is changing the hidden extensions you may have to go into resedit to restore the file type and creator codes.

TextEdit is an old Mac app. Mac users should use BB-Edit whenever manipulating Poser files. Make a duplicate first, then drag onto BB-Edit, make changes, then "Save" (not "Save As", which will change the type and creator codes).

I would make a COPY of your original PZ3 and first try to just change the file extrension to a cr2 with out editing whats inside to see if that might help any. What exactly are you wanting to edit out of the PZ3 ??? What part is corupted ?

What I am trying to edit out from the .pz3 file is all references to a hospital trolley that I downloaded from the free stuff area. This prop has embedded ascii characters in it that makes the whole .pz3 file unreadable when I try to open it in poser. I am on a Mac, and when I save in Word I am saving as text only.

So the PZ3 is the one you downloaded right ? If its ascii characters the regular text program should remove that formating. But i dont know on a mac what would work for that.

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EditPadLite (which is a great free text editor) has allowed me to access otherwise unreadable text formats. It's very user-friendly and there's options to convert Windows, UNIX, Macintosh, OEM, ANSI Unicode formats... which I don't pretend to understand, but which have often has made files readable for me when all else failed.