Works Word Processor

[Guest]

I have Works Word Processor which I used to type various docs and letters,
but when I have emailed the docs to people as an attachment, they are unable
to open. Also, if I receive a Word document I am only able to 'view' the
document using microsoft word viewer. Do I need to buy anotherMicrosoft Word
program ?

 

[Malke]

I have Works Word Processor which I used to type various docs and
letters, but when I have emailed the docs to people as an attachment,
they are unable
to open. Also, if I receive a Word document I am only able to 'view'
the
document using microsoft word viewer. Do I need to buy
anotherMicrosoft Word program ?

When you create data in a program - like a document in your Works word
processor - that program creates the data in a *format*. In order for
someone else to read that file, they must have a program installed that
can read the format. It would be better for you to save your documents
in .rtf format instead of the native Works word processor format. If
your Works is an older version that came with the real Microsoft Word
(instead of the "Works word processor"), the problem may be that the
documents you receive are created in a newer version of MS Word and
your older Word can't read them.

It really depends on how much transferring of files you do. If you do a
lot of this type of work, it would probably be worthwhile buying the
latest version of Word (Office 2003). I believe you can buy Word
separately from the whole Office suite.

If you don't do a lot of transferring and/or don't want to spend the
money, you can download and install OpenOffice which can read and save
in the Word 2003 format. OpenOffice is a free office suite which you
can get at www.openoffice.org.

Malke

 

[Wesley Vogel]

For your friends that have Word and cannot open your *.wps files.

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.]]
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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/...83-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/...5a-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/...3c-6df6-4545-89ff-05c627fba36b&DisplayLang=en

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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