using notes

Hello there,
Did you copy and paste text into something such as notepad or similar and save it as a text file? If so, I would try retyping the text file manually or changing the character format because the copy and pasted text may have characters and formats that are unfamiliar to the iPod.

Otherwise, just try typing up a small text file and syncing it to your iPod and see if that is viewable. That way you can discover exactly where the problem lies (either with the one file or with your iPod or text file application).

Hope this helps.

B-rock

Notes need to be a *plain text* file, which is what the .txt extension implies.
In textedit, open the document go to menu Format and select Convert to plain text then save it.

The iPod needs a plain text file, as opposed to rich text file.
The only thing in a plain text file is exactly what you see. A rich text file (and other types of text files) have hidden codes to display the text in certain ways such as bold or underlined. These hidden characters will display funky on the iPod (as you have noticed).

I believe Chris CA has provided the answer to why this is happening with your Text Edit application. Go ahead and give that a try.

B-rock