Hi,
Brian Barker wrote:
At 13:46 10/05/2007 -0700, Stephen Borntrager wrote:
I have Openoffice 2.2 will this open works programs with file
extension .wps?
or do I have to buy microsoft works i dont want to.
As others have already said, OpenOffice will not read Microsoft Works
files. But no: you do not have to buy Works, as there are two solutions.
[...]
see also ->
Issue #8938
import/export filters for Microsoft Works (.wdb, .wps and .wks)
Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: FIXED
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8938
Manfred
[no need for snipping] ;-)
[...] Conversion problems such as this are always much more easily and
effectively handled at the sending end rather than the receiving end.
If it is possible, go back to the source of these files and save them
instead from Works in a format suitable for importing into OpenOffice.
These .wps files are word processor files, and suitable formats include
Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf), or even plain text (.txt).
Another possibility is to find someone else with Works installed who is
prepared to convert these files to one of these formats for you.
But there is also a neat workaround. Download and install the free
viewer for Microsoft Word document files from the Microsoft web site.
Open your Works file in this. (The 2003 version accepts Works files.)
If all you need to do is display or print the files, you have now
achieved what you want. But if you need to edit the material further,
select all the text in the viewer and copy-and-paste it into OpenOffice
Writer. This will preserve most of the formatting, at least.
By the way, every user of OpenOffice should install the free viewers
from Microsoft for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files, as it is easier
and better to display and print files you receive this way than by
opening them as if for editing in OpenOffice.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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