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From: Mike Dee on 15 Mar 2010 21:25 In article <hnmjli$b92$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > "Mike Dee" <emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid> wrote in message > news:emteedee-7EFA14.11033516032010(a)mail.eternal-september.org... > > "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > > > >> "Mike Dee" <emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid> wrote: > >> > "Fred" <reg(a)parachute.net.nz> wrote: > > > >> >> My post clearly said microsoft word processor, but still haven't > >> >> found > >> >> the > >> >> answer. > >> > > >> > The term you used; "MS word processor", is generic. > >> > >> If you read my post I said Microfoft word processor. > > > > I did: Why don't you try reading it? Its in your own *Subject* heading: > > Re: Compatability of open office with MS word processor.. > > > > While you're at it, try re-reading some of the posts where you actually > > got the advice you obviously needed - mine included. > > Yes, but standard newsgroup practise is to pose the question in the message > body - not the subject line. That is what I did. That aside - thanks for > your advice. Then interchange "MS" for "Microsoft" as they are synonymous... The term you used; "Microsoft word processor", is generic. Notably, the files that you are trying to open in OpenOffice with filenames ending in ".wps" are "Microsoft Works" files - They are not "Microsoft Word" (.doc) files which OpenOffice can open. If you don't have "Microsoft Works" installed on your PC, then you could try the free office suite "Go-oo" <http://www.go-oo.org/> which is based on OpenOffice.org. "Go-oo" will open "Microsoft Works" (.wps) files directly. HTH -- dee
From: Mike Easter on 16 Mar 2010 08:11 Fred wrote: > How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using open > office? Which MS word processor, Word or Works? Which file format, .doc or .docx? Which Open Office 2 or 3? Microsoft Word 2007 default save mode is .docx. The MS word processor Works default save mode is .wks OpenOffice 2 cannot open either - can open neither - .docx or .wks files. Open Office 3 can open .docx but not .wks. You need to specify what/which MS word processor and/or which file format and which OO version. -- Mike Easter
From: »Q« on 16 Mar 2010 11:45 In <news: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. > > > > 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, There are at least two Microsoft word processors, so your post was ambiguous. > but still haven't found the answer. I don't have any better answers than the three I gave you above, sorry.
From: David H. Lipman on 16 Mar 2010 17:12 From: "schr�dinger's cat" <sc(a)invalid.invalid> | On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:11:13 -0700 Mike Easter <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> | wrote: >>Fred wrote: >>> How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using open >>> office? >>Which MS word processor, Word or Works? | And then, of course, there was Microsoft Write, which at one time used | the .wri extension. | -- | schr�dinger's cat It isn't truly a Word Processor just a more advanced editor. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: Mike Easter on 16 Mar 2010 18:10
schr�dinger's cat wrote: > Mike Easter >> Fred wrote: >>> How do I open a document created with Microsoft word processor using open >>> office? >> Which MS word processor, Word or Works? > > And then, of course, there was Microsoft Write, which at one time used > the .wri extension. I was trying to keep my 'which' in simplistic dichotomies, sacrificing the comprehensiveness of a broader spectrum question with one which would reach the intended target with a type of motivation to achieve a desired response/result; similar to the ladies shoes salesman who limits his query to a potential customer who now has 8 pairs of shoes out for trying and seems quite confused about just what to do now, with the simplified dichotomy query, "And which one would you prefer, this green pair or those blue ones?" The smart salesman would know just how long to pause before he said, "Perhaps both?" -- Mike Easter |