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More info?)
Wes:
Thanks for your reply. This looks to be what I need. Will try and let you
know when I can.
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Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Using Word to open *.wps files.
>
> From MS Word 2002 Help:
>
> [[Obtain file format converters
> The most commonly used converters are installed with Microsoft Word by
> default. If you want to open or save in a format that's not installed by
> default, you may need to obtain additional converters.
>
> Note You can open documents created in Microsoft Word 2000, 97, 95, 6.0,
> or 2.0 directly in Microsoft Word 2002. All data and formatting created in
> these versions of Word are fully supported in Word 2002.
>
> Converters supplied with Word:
> Opening or saving in Word:
> Microsoft Works 4.0 for Windows
> Opens and saves Works 4.0 files.
> Microsoft Works 2000 for Windows
> Opens and saves Works 2000 files.
>
> Convert a single file from another file format
> 1. On the File menu, click Open.
> 2. Locate the file you want to open, and then click Open.
>
> Convert several documents at once
> 1. Place the documents you want to convert in a single folder.
> 2. On the File menu, click New.
> 3. In the New Document task pane, under New from template, click General
> templates.
> 4. Click the Other Documents tab.
> 5. Double-click Batch Conversion Wizard.
> 6. Follow the directions on the screen.]]
> -----
>
> Works 6.0 Converter for Works and Word Users
> The Works 6.0 Converter allows you to convert word processor documents
> created in Microsoft Works 6.0 to Microsoft Word and other Works programs.
> Specifically, this converter works with Works 2000, 4.5, and 4.x, and Word
> 2002, 2000, and 97 on machines running Microsoft Windows® 98, 2000
> Professional, Millennium Edition, and XP.
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b9e11e83-f51b-4977-b572-8c042df802c1&displaylang=en
>
> Works 2000 Converter for Word 97/2000 Users
> The Works 2000 converter allows you to open a Works 2000 .wps file in Word
> and to save a Word document as a Works 2000 .wps file.
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=32e7205a-3880-4416-9260-57a96c8a9a76&DisplayLang=en
>
> Works Converter for Import/Export of Works Word Processor (.wps) Documents
> (Wp2krtf.exe) Text Converter for Works 4.x
>
> In order to open a word processor document (.wps) created in Microsoft
> Works
> 4.x in Microsoft Works 2000, Microsoft Word 2000, or Microsoft Word 97, or
> a
> word processor document created in Works 2000, Word 2000, or Word 97 in
> Microsoft Works 4.x, you need to download and install the Wp2krtf.exe text
> converter.
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9b16eb3c-6df6-4545-89ff-05c627fba36b&DisplayLang=en
>
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>
> Open Microsoft Works files in Excel
>
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010448771033.aspx
>
> -----
>
> Word Viewer 2003 lets you open Word 2003 documents and documents created
> with all previous versions of Microsoft Word for Windows® and Microsoft
> Word
> for Macintosh. In addition to Word document files (.doc), you can also
> open
> files saved in the following formats:
>
> Works 6.0 (.wps)
> Works 7.0 (.wps)
>
> Word Viewer 2003
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=95E24C87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en
>
> Download details: Excel Viewer 2003
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&DisplayLang=en
>
> -----
>
> "You can't import a Microsoft Works database (.wdb) directly into
> Microsoft
> Access. You must first use Microsoft Works to save the file to one of the
> file formats that Microsoft Access can import.
>
> Open the database by using Microsoft Works.
> On the File menu, click Save as.
> In the Save as type box, select dBASE IV (*.dbf), and then click OK.
> Import the dBASE IV .dbf file that you created in step 3 into Microsoft
> Access."
>
> Description of the text converters that are available with Word 2002
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291481
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news
BsMe.19181$Rm3.5098@bignews4.bellsouth.net,
> Lavert <b_lavert@bellsouth.net> hunted and pecked:
>> Can files created in Microsoft Word be converted to Microsoft Works Ver 8
>> files? Thanks in advance.
>>
>> --
>> Lavert Y Bryant
>> Powder Springs GA
>