On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 20:35 -0500, Anthony Chilco wrote: > Hi Ian, > Is this a stand-alone works converter? I think that I've downloaded and > installed this only to find that it's an add-in for Word. > tc
Tony, That particular download is a standalone converter. Try it. > > Ian Laurenson wrote: > > >On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 12:51, Dipa wrote: > > > > > >>"MSWorks files have a proprietary format which is being kept secret by > >>Microsoft. However a reasonable workaround is to save your WKS files as RTF > >>files. OpenOffice can read and write RTF files. However there is a > >>Microsoft utility for converting the wks files : go to this Microsoft > >>website and in section 1 for Product select Word and for Version select All > >>Versions. Then in section 2 select Converters and Viewers and click on the > >>Update List link. You should then have listed below a link for the relevant > >>converter." > >> > >>When I click on the link I go to a web site for downloads. I see no > >>section 1 for product so > >> > >>how do I find this section 1? > >> > >>Dipa > >> > >> > >Microsoft keep changing their web site, but I have just checked these > >links and they worked: > >http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B9E11E83-F51B-4977-B572-8C042DF802C1&displaylang=EN > >or > >http://www.computerhope.com/download/updates.htm (bottom of the page). > > > >Has anyone ever looked into how much effort would be involved in writing > >Works converters? For example is there any overlap with the Office > >formats? Have other projects written Works filters? > > > >Thanks, Ian Laurenson > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > -- Documentation Co-Lead PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may be ignored utterly. "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.Herriot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
