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From: Neil on 3 Aug 2008 06:06 "PeeCee" <abuse(a)127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:g7307m$th5$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... > "Neil" <service(a)neilr.com> wrote in message > news:4892df1d$2_1(a)mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com... >> Hi, >> Anybody know of a free (preferably) MS WORD doc TO MS WORKS wps batch >> converter. All the searches I've done seem to through up single file >> converters - not batch. Or the wrong way around (wps to doc). > > Hi Neil > > Well somebody has to ask, why convert to 'Works' ? > The reason there are so many Works to Word converters is because everyone > is trying to escape 'from' it. > Well this is not for myself, but for a friend. He had a very old PC which had a copy of Word on it - not registered to himself but was a gift from a company he retired from many years ago. Now he has bought a new PC which already had MS Office (unregistered) already installed. The PC also had MS Works installed. He is very reluctant to pay the price for Word when he says that the WP in Works will do everything he needs to do. However he has (perhaps) up to a couple of hundred Word files (he acts a secretary/treasurer for a few charity orgs) which were created on his old PC and would like very much to have them converted to Works. He has considered purchasing/registering the version of Word on the new PC but would prefer if possible to go down the other route. It's an issue of cost. Neil
From: Richard on 3 Aug 2008 09:01 "Neil" <service(a)neilr.com> wrote in message news:48940f19$1_3(a)mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com... > > "John Corliss" <jcorliss(a)fake.invalid> wrote in message > news:sIOdnVZXgrCrpw7VnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d(a)posted.ccountrynet... >> Neil wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Anybody know of a free (preferably) MS WORD doc TO MS WORKS wps batch >>> converter. All the searches I've done seem to through up single file >>> converters - not batch. Or the wrong way around (wps to doc). >>> >>> Many thanks, >>> Neil >> >> I've looked for such a converter before, only thing I found was payware. > <snip> > Yes, I spent ages searching and was surprised to find many that converted > the other way around but none that will do it this way. > > Neil My copy of MS Works 8.0 will open .doc files. Richard
From: Neil on 3 Aug 2008 11:58 "Richard" <phony(a)nosuch.com> wrote in message news:e7161$4895a85a$41a4301a$5041(a)BEALENET.COM... > > "Neil" <service(a)neilr.com> wrote in message > news:48940f19$1_3(a)mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com... >> >> "John Corliss" <jcorliss(a)fake.invalid> wrote in message >> news:sIOdnVZXgrCrpw7VnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d(a)posted.ccountrynet... >>> Neil wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> Anybody know of a free (preferably) MS WORD doc TO MS WORKS wps batch >>>> converter. All the searches I've done seem to through up single file >>>> converters - not batch. Or the wrong way around (wps to doc). >>>> >>>> Many thanks, >>>> Neil >>> >>> I've looked for such a converter before, only thing I found was payware. >> <snip> >> Yes, I spent ages searching and was surprised to find many that converted >> the other way around but none that will do it this way. >> >> Neil > > My copy of MS Works 8.0 will open .doc files. > Yes, the Works app will open .doc files but the problem he has (it's for a friend who is not just too comfortable with computers in general) somewhere like 200 files to convert, so I thought a batch file converter would be the answer. Neil
From: Craig on 3 Aug 2008 12:28 Neil wrote: > "Richard" <phony(a)nosuch.com> wrote in message > news:e7161$4895a85a$41a4301a$5041(a)BEALENET.COM... >> "Neil" <service(a)neilr.com> wrote in message >> news:48940f19$1_3(a)mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com... >>> "John Corliss" <jcorliss(a)fake.invalid> wrote in message >>> news:sIOdnVZXgrCrpw7VnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d(a)posted.ccountrynet... >>>> Neil wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Anybody know of a free (preferably) MS WORD doc TO MS WORKS wps batch >>>>> converter. All the searches I've done seem to through up single file >>>>> converters - not batch. Or the wrong way around (wps to doc). >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks, >>>>> Neil >>>> I've looked for such a converter before, only thing I found was payware. >>> <snip> >>> Yes, I spent ages searching and was surprised to find many that converted >>> the other way around but none that will do it this way. >>> >>> Neil >> My copy of MS Works 8.0 will open .doc files. >> > > Yes, the Works app will open .doc files but the problem he has (it's for a > friend who is not just too comfortable with computers in general) somewhere > like 200 files to convert, so I thought a batch file converter would be the > answer. > Neil; Not to take pleasure in your problems but this is a real interesting issue overall. Please keep us in the loop on developments. -Craig
From: Ron May on 3 Aug 2008 16:13 On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:06:13 +0100, "Neil" <neilr(a)pages-uk.com> wrote: > Well this is not for myself, but for a friend. He had a very old PC which > had a copy of Word on it - not registered to himself but was a gift from a > company he retired from many years ago. Now he has bought a new PC which > already had MS Office (unregistered) already installed. The PC also had MS > Works installed. He is very reluctant to pay the price for Word when he > says that the WP in Works will do everything he needs to do. However he has > (perhaps) up to a couple of hundred Word files (he acts a > secretary/treasurer for a few charity orgs) which were created on his old PC > and would like very much to have them converted to Works. > > He has considered purchasing/registering the version of Word on the new PC > but would prefer if possible to go down the other route. It's an issue of > cost. Not what you asked for, but alternative strategies to consider: * Go to OO rather than M$O or Works. No conversion necessaary for the old files. * If he insists on Works, why batch convert at all? Convert them one at a time as they are needed over time by loading the .doc into Works and saving as .wps. * You may be able to find a .doc to .rtf converter easier than onr that converts to .wps, and Works can be set up as default program for ..rtf files. -- Ron M. (I filter Googlespam) alt.comp.freeware information pages: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/Index.php
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