On Sunday 22 January 2006 12:45, Kai Ponte wrote:
On Sunday 22 January 2006 07:04 am, Mike McMullin wrote:
I'm looking for an utility to covert MSWorks .WPS files into something that I can import into OOo. My inlaws had to get a new system and it came with OOo installed, but OOo (2.0) doesn't open works stuff, and I'd like to not have to install MSWorks.
I'm not sure (reading the other posts) how you have access to the MS Works files. Are they on floppy/CD? Do you have the hard drive?
Pretty much anyone running MS Word XP or 2003 should be able to open the files and then save them as the rtf/doc format which OOo will open. I have Word XP on this laptop (under Crossover Office) and see that it opens Works 4 and Works 2000 documents.
My two suggestions then would be for either you to find someone with an MS Word installation and open/convert there or to write yourself a MS Works > OOo translation filter and submit it to the OOo peeps.
-- kai www.perfectreign.com
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Why not just install their old MSWorks in Wine on his Linux long enough to convert the files, then wipe it off? Lee