Weird characters in an old Works focument - removing them..?

[morradi]

I have an old Works document I would like to convert to Word 97-2003 format.
When I open it in Word, it shows a lot of cryptic characters. Does anybody
know of a simple way to remove them? (such as: ^,¨, È, ) in between normal
sentences. I've tried to copy the entire text to Notepad / Wordpad, but
without any luck.

Thanks.

 

[Graham Mayor]

It would help if you downloaded the old Works converters from my web site to
enable you to open the Works document without the odd characters.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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[morradi]

Hi,
Thanks for your lightning fast reply!
i downloaded the converter, but I'm afraid I'm not sure how to use it. When
i open Word, i have an option saying Convert - but the document does not
change in any way.. I think Im going about this the wrong way.

 

[Graham Mayor]

The (4) converters when installed as indicated in the readme file simply
allow old Works documents to be opened directly in Word. Uncheck Tools >
Options > General > Confirm conversion on open then simply open the Works
document from File > Open. (In Word 2007, that would be Word Options >
Advanced > General > Confirm fileformat conversion on open)

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