On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 17:25 +0200, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > Victor Gigante-Hueber wrote: > > > I'm not entirely certain that this is the right place to send this, > > but here goes. > > > > I've been using OpenOffice.org for the past two years or so as a > > free alternative to M$ Office, which is much to expensive for me > > (and from what I've heard, much too confusing to use). However, a > > few of my friends use WordPerfect Suite 8 because they prefer a > > commercial product and happen to also not have enough money to buy > > anything newer (not that I haven't tried to convert them to OOo). > > I keep asking them to send me their documents in RTF format or > > another, but they always forget and send me things in WPD format. > > Here's my question: Can OOo open WPDs? I think I read somewhere on > > this list that it could, but only with external document filters > > (I may not be remembering the terminology used correctly). If this > > is the case, where could I acquire those filters? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Victor > > > > > I notice that a few people have helped you with this, I would actually > encourage you to simply keep telling them to use rtf, not just for > you, but for their own good. One day they will probably switch to > OpenOffice or MSOffice or something else - they'll make their life > easier by getting used to using RTF more often. You can read my > arguments on this in an article I'm still writing... : > http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_to_future_proof_electronic_information#Text_.26_Documents >
Depending on the release you use, OOo can import wp files. 1.1.x requires additional software which you can get from http://wp.openoffice.org/ whilst the beta candidates have this filter built-in. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
