jack gagnon wrote: > Hi: > > I recently installed Vista Home Basic on a new system. I have also now > installed OpenOffice.org v 2.3. > > My old Windows ME software would open all my old .doc and .wps files. When > these .doc and .wps files were transferred to Vista, Vista labeled all of > these "non-.rtf" files as OpenDocument Text. When I try to open them, I get > the drop down Filter menu, but there is nothing that opens these files. > > OpenOffice.org Writer is a standard part of Vista, but I downloaded > OpenOffice.org v 2.3 anyway. No improvement. Even when I choose OpenDocument > Text from the filter menu,(it's right below StarChart 4.0 and right above > Microsoft Word 2003 XML in the filter selection) the response is: "General > error - General input/output error." I still cannot open any of the older > .wps or .doc files. that are named OpenDocument text. > > What can I do? The only text files I can open are the ones in .rtf Rich Text > format, and I cannot open any of the others to convert them. I'm stuck!! > Please Help! > >
I suspect those files came from Microsoft Works, which OpenOffice doesn't support. Also, Writer is not a standard part of Vista. If it was there, it's because the computer vendor put it there. If you still have the old computer available, you can try resaving those files in another format, that OpenOffice can read. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
