On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 12:46:55 +1300 "lbbridgman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Open Office > > I have all my documents (word processing .wps, and spreadsheets .wks) > on an elderly 486 PC in Works 3.1. If I download OpenOffice on my new > laptop, will I be able to transfer them? ie, will they convert? > > Sincerely > > Luke > Nothing in the known world reads works files, not even other Microsoft products. Although there are some stand alone conversion products on the net- if you have a lot of files to convert this may be the way to go-- do a search for "works file conversion utility" or something similar. Otherwise, the simplest solution is to open them in works and then convert them to something like Rich Text Format for word processing docs and comma separated values for spreadsheets. These can then be opened directly by Open Office. This illustrates the value of Open Office and other open source projects- the formats of the files are available for people to be able to produce conversion methods and import filters. -- God bless you, Keith Bates 4 Mooloobar St Narrabri NSW 2390 Phone: 02 67924890 Fax: 02 67925418 www.new-life.org.au If you don't have a reason to live JESUS IS THE ANSWER! Ask him into your life today... He really does make a difference. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
