How can I open old Wordperfect files?

[Guest Engineer]

Hi, All.

New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

address shown is an anti-spam fake.

Cheers,

Roger

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

 

"Engineer" <junk2007@rogers.com> wrote in message

news:a4e5687a-2fb4-4a38-8888-8ec7b56d55b6@64g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

> Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

> at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

> address shown is an anti-spam fake.

> Cheers,

> Roger

 

Sounds like a perfect question for a Word Perfect newsgroup. If this was my

show then I would also do my homework and check out the Open Office.

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

Engineer wrote:

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

> Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

> at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

> address shown is an anti-spam fake.

> Cheers,

> Roger

 

There is a free Word 2007 viewer that MS gives out.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/CD102258581033.aspx

 

You might see what it does. Word 2007 (the full version) has no WP

reader out of the box. I know there are converters to be had, you'll

just have to search MS's support site for them. I've done this for

other friends both for WP and for Word Star.

 

Then again if you knew anyone that had WP or Corel that could do the

work for you, that would be great.

[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

you might try installing

wp trial ware.

 

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"Engineer" <junk2007@rogers.com> wrote in message news:a4e5687a-2fb4-4a38-8888-8ec7b56d55b6@64g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

> Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

> at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

> address shown is an anti-spam fake.

> Cheers,

> Roger

[Guest Malke]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

Engineer wrote:

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

> Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

> at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

> address shown is an anti-spam fake.

 

Post back after you try OpenOffice 3.0.

 

Malke

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[Guest AJR]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

You do not indicaste having MS Word installed - pre-2007 versions provided

a WP converter - if you have a Word CD - run setup and select to add

additional features.

 

 

"Engineer" <junk2007@rogers.com> wrote in message

news:a4e5687a-2fb4-4a38-8888-8ec7b56d55b6@64g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

> Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

> at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

> address shown is an anti-spam fake.

> Cheers,

> Roger

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

The date and time was 10/22/2008 2:40 PM, and on a whim, Engineer

pounded out on the keyboard:

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

> Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

> at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

> address shown is an anti-spam fake.

> Cheers,

> Roger

 

Hi Roger,

 

The best recommendation IMO was to install the free trial software from

Corel.

 

You can get older versions very inexpensive here:

http://www.everythingoutlet.com/cid/Corel-WordPerfect?gclid=CIOD4vKBvJYCFRNOagodlgl0LA

 

Word & OpenOffice don't import WordPerfect documents very well unless

they're just text.

 

 

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Terry R.

 

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[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

 

"Engineer" <junk2007@rogers.com> wrote in message

news:a4e5687a-2fb4-4a38-8888-8ec7b56d55b6@64g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

> Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

> at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

> address shown is an anti-spam fake.

> Cheers,

> Roger

 

As it happens, earlier today, I was working on an old DOS system that had

both WordPerfect 5.1 and WordStar installed.

 

The documents that were wanted don't have extensions, and at the time, word

processors didn't add them.

 

All of the WP files open with no problem in Word (2003, as it happens).

Thankfully there weren't a lot of WordStar docs; these didn't translate so

cleanly.

 

So what you can do is just save those files to disk or USB key, take them to

a system that has WP or Word, open and do a Save As.

 

OpenOffice can be an excellent solution, so don't hesitate to use it. I

will point out that you should check the default document format - I've been

sent OO files that are in a format that requires a 30Meg converter be

installed to Word. Set the default format to word .DOC format if you need

to share files.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest HeyBub]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

Engineer wrote:

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

> Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

> at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

> address shown is an anti-spam fake.

 

You can buy a copy of Word. Better would be a copy of Office Professional.

It's only a few hundred dollars.

[Guest Doug W.]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

I just opened up a WordPerfect file in OpenOffice 2.4 and it

works perfectly.

 

In any event OpenOffice is a valuable addition to any computer

and it is FREE.

 

Doug W.

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"HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Engineer wrote:

>> Hi, All.

>> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP

>> related.

>> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she

>> used to

>> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under

>> XP.) The

>> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application

>> programs

>> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD

>> (designed

>> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out

>> there

>> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried

>> Openoffice on

>> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From

>> now on,

>> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so

>> that

>> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

>> Thanks for all replies. Feel free to email me at "analogdino

>> at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded -

>> email

>> address shown is an anti-spam fake.

>

> You can buy a copy of Word. Better would be a copy of Office

> Professional. It's only a few hundred dollars.

>

[Guest Engineer]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

On Oct 22, 5:40 pm, Engineer <junk2...@rogers.com> wrote:

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.)  The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.)  I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files?  I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.)

 

(snip)

> Cheers,

> Roger

 

Thanks for for all replies. The good news is that OpenOffice9

opens .WPD files. So far no problems, looks good. Of course, I

should have tried this first!

Cheers,

Roger

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:40:41 -0700 (PDT), Engineer

<junk2007@rogers.com> wrote:

> Hi, All.

> New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.) The

> system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> lost.) I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> that will open native Wordperfect files? I've not tried Openoffice on

> Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.) From now on,

> not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

 

 

I'm a WordPerfect fan. If I were in your shoes, I would buy a newer

version of WordPerfect.

 

I don't know whether there is any public software that will help you.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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[Guest Engineer]

Re: How can I open old Wordperfect files?

 

On Oct 22, 8:18 pm, "Patrick Keenan" <t...@dev.null> wrote:

> "Engineer" <junk2...@rogers.com> wrote in message

>

> news:a4e5687a-2fb4-4a38-8888-8ec7b56d55b6@64g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...

>

>

>

>

>

> > Hi, All.

> > New to group so please excuse if OT, i.e. not just XP related.

> > My wife's PC has a number of Wordperfect files on it that she used to

> > run on an old installation of Corel7 (which did run under XP.)  The

> > system crashed and I had to reload XP (all application programs

> > lost.)  I'd rather not reload a 10 year old Wordperfect CD (designed

> > for Win95) on XP, so is there a public domain WP software out there

> > that will open native Wordperfect files?  I've not tried Openoffice on

> > Wordperfect files yet (but it does open MS Word files.)  From now on,

> > not needing exotic formatting, she'll store stuff as .RTF so that

> > anything can open it - but we have to get at it first!

> > Thanks for all replies.  Feel free to email me at "analogdino

> > at(taboy) rogers dot(ty-as-they-)com(e)", suitably decoded - email

> > address shown is an anti-spam fake.

> > Cheers,

> > Roger

>

> As it happens, earlier today, I was working on an old DOS system that had

> both WordPerfect 5.1 and WordStar installed.

>

> The documents that were wanted don't have extensions, and at the time, word

> processors didn't add them.

>

> All of the WP files open with no problem in Word (2003, as it happens).

> Thankfully there weren't a lot of WordStar docs; these didn't translate so

> cleanly.

>

> So what you can do is just save those files to disk or USB key, take them to

> a system that has WP or Word, open and do a Save As.

>

> OpenOffice can be an excellent solution, so don't hesitate to use it.   I

> will point out that you should check the default document format - I've been

> sent OO files that are in a format that requires a 30Meg converter be

> installed to Word.   Set the default format to word .DOC format if you need

> to share files.

>

> HTH

> -pk- Hide quoted text -

>

> - Show quoted text -

 

Thanks for comments. My default for simple documents is .RTF - anyone

can open it in free Wordpad.

Cheers,

Roger