From: sandy58 on
On Mar 26, 3:20 am, kraut <kraut3...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> This may not be the correct group to post this to and if not I am
> sorry but I thought I would take a chance and see if someone might be
> able to help me out.
>
> I have several files with the extension of .PDS which were made in
> 2001 using Windows 98 using a program such as PrintShop, PrintMaster,
> or such but I can not remember which and I would hate to have to
> reinstall all my old programs on XP to find out which program they
> were from.
>
> They are a certificate or poster type document that I made up which
> are only one page in size.  I have the hard copies of them that I
> printed out back then but would like to be able to open them because
> the info has changed on some of them.  I made poster / certificate
> type thing for my family with names and birth / death dates.
>
> Thanks for any help that someone might have.

http://whatis.techtarget.com/file-extension-list-A/0,289933,sid9,00.html
From: kraut on
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:16:42 +1100, Mike Dee
<mikedee.emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid> wrote:

>> I have several files with the extension of .PDS which were made in
>> 2001 using Windows 98 using a program such as PrintShop, PrintMaster,
>> or such but I can not remember which and I would hate to have to
>> reinstall all my old programs on XP to find out which program they
>> were from.
>>
>> They are a certificate or poster type document that I made up which
>> are only one page in size. I have the hard copies of them that I
>> printed out back then but would like to be able to open them because
>> the info has changed on some of them. I made poster / certificate
>> type thing for my family with names and birth / death dates.
>>
>> Thanks for any help that someone might have.
>
>By your description, I would think that they are Print Shop ".PDS" files
>a Google search on Print Shop + .PDS gets quite a few hits.
>
>Your post may've been OT, but compared to the *really* OT posts in here,
>it was a welcome relief ;-)

Thanks much. Guess I'll dig out my old Print Shop progs and see if
they go with XP.

Thanks again.