On Fri September 16 2005 14:19, Colin J. Williams wrote:
> Robin Laing wrote:
> > Anna Strong wrote:
> >> 1. Does OpenOffice read and open and permit revision to old WordPerfect
> >> files?? My husband is a pastor and he has a number of old WordPerfect
> >> documents stored on our computer. Our new computer only has Works and
> >> it does not appear to be able to handle these WP documents. I was told
> >> by a computer geek that OpenOffice will permit us to utilize those
> >> files. Please confirm and instruct as to how one should open and modify
> >> those documents.
> >
> > I was in the same boat. Yes, Open Office 2 beta works well at opening
> > WordPerfect Office. I have not had an issue with any of the old files I
> > have opened. Note, Works files are "not" supported in Open Office so
> > you would want to save them either in MS Word format or RTF format to
> > open in Open Office.
> >
> >> 2. If he is able to utilize those old WP files, will he be able to send
> >> them via attachment to an email to others who may only have MSWord or
> >> WordPerfect on their computers -- and will those people be able to read
> >> the document in the format in which it was intended?
> >
> > OpenOffice 2 beta cannot save as WordPerfect documents, but if you just
> > want them to be able to read the document, you can save as a pdf
> > document and then they can use any pdf reader they wish. Of course they
> > won't be able to edit the pdf files.
> >
> > If you need the ability to send files that can be edited, then use MS
> > Office formats with Open Office supports.
> >
> >> Thank you for your response to this matter. You can contact me via Anna
> >> Strong at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Is there any plan to facilitate converting files from other components
> of the Word Perfect suite? eg. Quattro-pro, Paradox or Presentation
I think that Novell may have done some work on the Quatro-pro file formats for
reading but I am not sure of this. I do not think anything was done for
Paradox. However if you know the file formats of either then it is possible
to write a filter for them. Otherwise .......
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