Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) wrote:
I own some documents made up using the word processor part of the
Microsoft works package. I no longer own that package and I am
looking for
a program that will allow me to view and edit these documents. Would
your
program allow me to do this?
Also, is it compatible with Microsoft publisher?
Unfortunately no -- format of Microsoft Works is something even more
weird
than other Microsoft formats, so no other program (free or proprietary,
even other Microsoft programs) have importing capabilities for it. Sorry,
you have to find some copy of M$ Works and export to some other format
which is supported (RTF or Microsoft Word would do). The same goes, I am
afraid, for M$ Publisher.
a few Google results:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.asp
http://www.nuigalway.ie/cse/documentation/hints_and_tips/tips_msworks.html
http://bizgrok.com/help/msproducts/
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B9E11E83-F51B-4977-B572-8C042DF802C1&displaylang=EN
http://www.bsu.edu/techtrain/popup/wordworksconv/
Once you've converted files to Word, you can open them with OpenOffice.
For Publisher there are also some tricks; if i remember correctly by
converting first to pdf and then to Word or by converting to html.
Try googling convert + MS publisher. Didn't have time to check these or
find my old notes on this; will have time tomorrow:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/columns/column16.asp
http://www.ehow.com/how_9028_convert-microsoft-publisher.html
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=374
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/publisher/f/share_pubfiles.htm
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One other option, if you own MS Word, and the Works Version is 4.0, then
you can go to File-New-Other Documents-Batch File Conv. This will
convert a group of Works 4.0 files to Word. You could then start using
OpenOffice on them.
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