Unable to open files.

[Guest]

I have Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and using Windows Vista. When I copied the
files from my old computer I had a lot of files with extension *.qpw. I am
trying to open these and receive "file is not valid". I no longer have the
other program since my old computer hard drive is corrupted. Is there anyway
I can convert these?

 

[Guest]

Try http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/downloads/index.cfm?categoryID=1438&itemID=3825

It's a Microsoft add-on for Excel that converts Quattro Pro files to Excel
files. Haven't tried it myself.

 

[David Biddulph]

Another option which might be worth trying, if that fails, is to see whether
you can open the qpw files in "Open Office", and save from there in Excel
format.

 

[Guest]

When I do this procedure the following happens;
1. Opens Excel
2. Microsoft Office has stopped working.
3. Block stating to close program.
4. Close program.
5. Open Excel from Sesktop.
6. Shows block that reads: "fileconv[1].xla [Original], Document Recovery
{Last saved by user 8:44AM, Friday, April 20, 2007}, Document Recovery has
recovered the following files. Save the ones you wish to keep."
7. Try to open the file and receive: " unable to read file".
8. Try to save the file and receive: "unable to read file".
As to the other post I am not sure what you mean by [open qpw files in
"Open Office"].