MS Works

[Guest ePersona]

I have a document in Works that I cannot open in Office 97. I have

downloaded converters but it still will not open. I cannot understand why MS

would make a product (Word) that cannot open other MSD products!!!

 

Any ideas on how/what I need to do to open this Works doc?

[Guest Bob I]

Re: MS Works

 

 

 

ePersona wrote:

> I have a document in Works that I cannot open in Office 97. I have

> downloaded converters but it still will not open. I cannot understand why MS

> would make a product (Word) that cannot open other MSD products!!!

>

> Any ideas on how/what I need to do to open this Works doc?

 

MS Works should open it, OR a Microsoft Word version released AFTER the

version of Works that produced the file.

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: MS Works

 

You left out the pertinent piece of information - what version of Works

was the document created with ? You're trying to port a document to

a very old version of Word. Compatibility is generally forward looking.

An older Works file might work with Office 97. If the Works doc was

created with a newer version of Works then trying to open with Word

97 may not be possible even with format converters.

 

Even a recent (Free) OpenOffice suite has no capability to read and

work with .Wks type files.

 

Works in a less expensive Word Editor than Microsoft Word and each

uses it's own proprietary format ( .Doc & .Wks ).

 

"ePersona" <ePersona@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:24F49031-FFCC-4B0B-9788-31CB0859A21B@microsoft.com...

>I have a document in Works that I cannot open in Office 97. I have

> downloaded converters but it still will not open. I cannot understand why

> MS

> would make a product (Word) that cannot open other MSD products!!!

>

> Any ideas on how/what I need to do to open this Works doc?

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: MS Works

 

Bob I wrote:

> ePersona wrote:

>

>> I have a document in Works that I cannot open in Office 97. I have

>> downloaded converters but it still will not open. I cannot understand

>> why MS

>> would make a product (Word) that cannot open other MSD products!!!

>>

>> Any ideas on how/what I need to do to open this Works doc?

>

> MS Works should open it, OR a Microsoft Word version released AFTER the

> version of Works that produced the file.

 

Or in Works you can export it in Word format as a .doc file. I don't know

if you can still find (or maybe it's on the Office CD as an install option)

a converter for Office97 that will allow you to open *some older versions*

of Works files (assuming it is an older version).

[Guest Gurney]

Re: MS Works

 

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:55:16 -0700, ePersona

<ePersona@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a document in Works that I cannot open in Office 97. I have

>downloaded converters but it still will not open. I cannot understand why MS

>would make a product (Word) that cannot open other MSD products!!!

>

>Any ideas on how/what I need to do to open this Works doc?

 

The first thing to do is ask in a group with WORKS in the title. The

next thing to do is notice THIS group LACKS that word.

 

Ask elsewhere

[Guest Twayne]

Re: MS Works

 

> I have a document in Works that I cannot open in Office 97. I have

> downloaded converters but it still will not open. I cannot

> understand why MS would make a product (Word) that cannot open other

> MSD products!!!

>

> Any ideas on how/what I need to do to open this Works doc?

 

 

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