On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:04:00 +1200 Wesley Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've recently become aware that most FLOSS office suites don't in fact have > MS > Works file format coverage, any more than MS Office does. > > I'm considering doing something about it - MS Works was the low-end office > suite before OpenOffice.org became popular; as far as Microsoft is concerned, > MS Works is dead, for all intents and purposes, and if you don't believe me, > ask Monty Python. > > Which means that most MS Works SOHO users are left out in the cold. I've got > a fair amount of stuff that I can get into MS Works, and get out in MS Works > file format; I've got the time, and I've got the inclination. I've even got > Pat Villani's Win32 API book, which has taught me more about > reverse-engineering than I previously knew. > > Does anyone have superannuated MS Works cds I can have (at whatever > rock-bottom, never-before-repeated and never-to-be-repeated prices! ;) ? > > Thanks > > Wesley Parish Actually Office 97 does have works import filters, they just aren't installed by default. Not sure about later versions of Office.
