On 2011-11-17 14:06, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote: > On 11/16/2011 03:26 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: >> John >> >> >> On 11/16/2011 01:50 PM, John Gregson wrote: >>> I am using Win 7 32 & 64 >>> I am just starting to explore Libre Office. >>> Some where I saw a statement that Libre Office would open >>> files generated by Microsoft Works; is this true? >>> >>> John. >>> *John. [email protected]* >>> >> I checked in Writer FILE>>OPEN and clicked on file type to open the >> scroll box. I scrolled down to 'Microsoft Works Documents *.wps'. I >> did this to see what the file extension is for Works. On the other >> scroll box, Works is listed but the extension is not shown. >> >> I do not have any Works files to test this on but with 3.4.X I have >> had success opening msox and mso files so would expect wps to open >> properly with LO. >> > I looks to me that LO 3.4.3 will read Works files but will not write > them, since "Open" list Works, but not "Save As". > > If for some reason it does not open Works documents properly, you > should be able to save the files within Works to some other format. > It has been some years since I dealt with Works, but I have a copy or > three to install on my Vista laptop to test this out if need be. > > To be honest, I do not know why MS still gives them out with some new > computer systems, along with their trial of MSO. MSO did not like to > deal with Works files a few years back when I was using MSO as my only > office package. Very few packages will read Works documents. People > are luck that LO is one of the packages that do read them. I have LO 3.3.4 and I can open our 20 yr old works (.wps, .wks) files. steve
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