Does Wordpad open Works files ? In which case you should be able to convert to a common file format .
L On 04 Apr 11 1:25 PM, Nuno J. Silva wrote: > Edwin Powell <[email protected]> writes: > >>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 19:00:26 +0000 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Can I convert works 7.0 files (.wps) to work with open office or any >>>> other office program? >>> as far as I know, OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice cannot open .wps >>> files. If you still have Works on your computer, you might want to >>> save your documents as .doc or .rtf. >> Sigrid >> >> I haven't had occasion to try it with LibreOffice yet, but I have >> opened a few .wps files in NeoOffice, which incorporates Go-oo code as >> does LibreOffice. The only problem I had was that it strips out >> formatting (double-spacing, centered text, etc.) so it's at best an >> imperfect solution. > Works import is listed as a LibreOffice feature, see > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/new-features-and-fixes/ > > Wikipedia also lists this as a Go-oo feature, which explains why > LibreOffice and NeoOffice have it, > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-oo > > But note that the OP mentions OpenOffice, not LibreOffice. Maybe this is > the real issue? > > Or maybe Works has different file formats for different versions. After > all, that's the Microsoft way. > -- Larry Sadler -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
