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From: Fred on 14 Mar 2010 23:03 "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:hnk1g70179n(a)news3.newsguy.com... > From: "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> > > > | "�Q�" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote in message > | news:20100314190227.0a1de305(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net... >>> In <news:hnjst4$e5v$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>> Fred <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > >>>> How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using >>>> open office? > >>> If OpenOffice is the default handler for it, just click it. If not, >>> either use the OpenOffice menu File � Open option or drag the document's >>> icon onto an OpenOffice window. > > > | Not the default. Drag and drop does nothing. Using file/open and > selecting > | file brings up a window with a heap of options, tried most of them - > none > | seem to work. > > > Which format ? > > .DOC > or > .DOCX > > I have no problems going back and forth between OO Word and MS Word 2000 > on .DOC files. > The ord processor document shows extension .wps. Going to open office file/open I cannot see which file type to use. There is no .wps.
From: »Q« on 14 Mar 2010 23:32 In <news:hnk81m$ii5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Fred <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > The ord processor document shows extension .wps. Going to open office > file/open I cannot see which file type to use. There is no .wps. That's a Works Word Processor file, but everyone (including me) assumed you meant Word, heh. Assuming you're using Windows, one option is to convert the Works file to a Word file using Microsoft's tool at <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bf41401e-70fa-465d-ae2e-cf44dbf05297> and then use OpenOffice on the converted file. If you have Works installed, saving the file as .rtf should also allow OpenOffice to open it. Another (better, IMO) option is to switch from the OpenOffice app from openoffice.org to the enhanced Go-OO version from <http://www.go-oo.org/>. I haven't tried it with .wps files, but it's supposed to handle them without having to convert them to Word files first. In general it handles Microsoft files better.
From: Fred on 14 Mar 2010 23:55 "�Q�" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote in message news:20100314223244.0558ee20(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net... > In <news:hnk81m$ii5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Fred <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > >> The ord processor document shows extension .wps. Going to open office >> file/open I cannot see which file type to use. There is no .wps. > > That's a Works Word Processor file, but everyone (including me) assumed > you meant Word, heh. > > Assuming you're using Windows, one option is to convert the Works file > to a Word file using Microsoft's tool at > <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bf41401e-70fa-465d-ae2e-cf44dbf05297> > and then use OpenOffice on the converted file. > > If you have Works installed, saving the file as .rtf should also allow > OpenOffice to open it. > > Another (better, IMO) option is to switch from the OpenOffice app from > openoffice.org to the enhanced Go-OO version from > <http://www.go-oo.org/>. I haven't tried it with .wps files, but it's > supposed to handle them without having to convert them to Word files > first. In general it handles Microsoft files better. My post clearly said microsoft word processor, but still haven't found the answer.
From: Mike Dee on 15 Mar 2010 06:24 In article <hnkb2h$3s4$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > "�Q�" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote in message > news:20100314223244.0558ee20(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net... > > In <news:hnk81m$ii5$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > Fred <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > > > >> The ord processor document shows extension .wps. Going to open office > >> file/open I cannot see which file type to use. There is no .wps. > > > > That's a Works Word Processor file, but everyone (including me) assumed > > you meant Word, heh. [...] > > Another (better, IMO) option is to switch from the OpenOffice app from > > openoffice.org to the enhanced Go-OO version from > > <http://www.go-oo.org/>. > > My post clearly said microsoft word processor, but still haven't found the > answer. The term you used; "MS word processor", is generic. "Microsoft Word" is the name of a program that happens to be a "word processor". "Microsoft Works" is the name of an office suite of programs that also contains a "word processor". "OpenOffice.org" is the name of an office suite of programs that also contains a "word processor" called "Writer". A word processor is any program that formats text and graphics into a document format used especially in office letter and documents formation. Files with filenames ending in the suffix ".wps" are "Microsoft Works" files, not "Microsoft Word" files. OpenOffice cannot convert these files without them being 1st converted to a format that OpenOffice does understand, such as Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text (.rtf) formats. If you don't have a copy of MS Works, or MS Word, then you can try as "Q" has already suggested, the program called "Go-OO" which is said to open and convert MS Works .wps files directly (see link above). HTH -- dee
From: David H. Lipman on 15 Mar 2010 06:30
From: "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> | My post clearly said microsoft word processor, but still haven't found the | answer. The cause of much confusion. Next time plaese be specific in both the software and the file type ! -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |