I have on my Linux (Ubuntu) system several Word 6.0 documents
that were created in 1998ish on a Mac.
I tried to open them using open office but was shocked :-) to find that
open office could not read them.
Can anyone suggest a hopefully inexpensive way for me to be able to
read these files?
It
There's some programs like doc2odt and doc2rtf that you could use
I'd recommend converting to ODT since it's an ISO standard :-)
-Dafydd
On 07/20/2011 02:27 AM, Ralph Boland wrote:
I have on my Linux (Ubuntu) system several Word 6.0 documents
that were created in 1998ish on a Mac.
I tried to
The public library has relatively current versions of MS Word on their
systems. You might try taking a few documents on a USB stick and seeing
if they can be read by Word. If so, you should be able to save as a
newer version of word or as an RFT.
Greg
On 11-07-20 02:27 AM, Ralph Boland
Might this work?
http://www.winfield.demon.nl/
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Subject: [clug-talk] Re Word 6.0 documents
The public library has relatively
Have you tried one of the web based office suites (like Google Docs,
Office 365, or Zoho Office etc.)?
Failing that, there seem to be a bunch of options when I googled for
word perfect import to open office (without the quotes).
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Tom Smith smithtj@yahoo.com
Last time I plugged in a USB stick into a library computer they freaked. They
did offer to plug it in somewhere else and make my files available to my (all?)
work-stations. I declined because the USB drive had all sorts of customer docs
that were protected by NDAs.
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