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.

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