Hi,
I'm sending this on from Matt Godfrey....
It seems quite useful.
Thanks
Louis
On 2006-07-15, at 13:53 , M Godfrey wrote:
Hi louis,
I want to post this in the ooo support forums but I
don't have the time to properly research where it
should go.
Would you be kind enough to post it for me as it may
save other ooo users hours of time and frustration.
Best regards,
Matt Godfrey
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How to open a .wps (Microsoft Works Document) in
OpenOffice.org 2.0.
After hours of tinkering, here is a free workaround to
get .wps files into OpenOffice.org 2.0
This has been tested and is working on Windows XP and
2000 with OpenOffice.org 2.0.
Please verify and report here any success or problems
with other windows versions.
Step 1. Download and install the free as of 7/15/06
"Word Viewer 2003" from Microsoft
at the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B9E11E83-
F51B-4977-B572-8C042DF802C1&displaylang=EN
Step 2. Download and install the free as of 7/15/06
"Works 6.0 Converter for Works and Word Users"
from Microsoft at the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B9E11E83-
F51B-4977-B572-8C042DF802C1&displaylang=EN
After Installing both, Launch Word Viewer 2003, Start
-> programs ->
Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003. An open dialog
appears.
At the bottom of this dialog make sure the "Files of
type"
is set to "All Files(*.*)". Now browse to your .wps
file,
select it and click open. A warning dialog will
appear,
if you trust this file etc. click yes and like magic
your .wps is now open!.
Select all -> edit copy ->. Now open OpenOffice.org
2.0 writer and do edit paste.
You should now be looking at your doc in
OpenOffice.org 2.0.
Choose Save as from the file menu and save your
document to your preferred format.
You are now good to go!
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