cannot open mailing lists (wps) in word 2007

[Guest]

just install word 2007 beta cannot open my xmas list mailing labels they are
in a wps format

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

..wps files are created by Works, but Works cannot use Works data sources
unless the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word is installed.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Graham Mayor]

Is there are Works add-in for Word 2007?
Does Word 2007 have a filter for Works documents?
Can Word 2007 use the older converters?
I suspect the answer to all three is no.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm guessing you might be right (certainly on the first point), but I don't
have Word 2007 installed. Surely there will be conversion filters for at
least some Works formats.

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Words into Type
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[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Suzanne,

In Word 2007 I'm currently four filters for opening Works wordprocessor files, although some of them may have come from the Works
converter download page.

Works v4,
Works v5(2000)
Works v6.0-v9.0
Works v7.0

In setup for Office 2007 the optional Text Converter install is listed as 'Works 7.0-9.0 Converter for Windows'

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I'm guessing you might be right (certainly on the first point), but I don't have Word 2007 installed. Surely there will be
conversion filters for at least some Works formats.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill >>

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[Graham Mayor]

Are these the same old file converters stored in the C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv folder that you could download from my web
site?

Do they actually work with Word 2007. The fact that the registry entries
point to them is no real indication that they will actually work (though the
registry entries would have had to have been moved to the appropriate part
of the registry tree from Office 11 - which hold some minor glimmer).

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