[NTLUG:Discuss] open a .wps file

[jm]

> >From the Google search for "open wps open office".
> One way to do it:
> "Re: How to open a .wps (Microsoft Works Document) in OpenOffice.org 2.0."
> <<http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@documentation.openoffice.org/msg01154.html>>
>
>     How to open a .wps (Microsoft Works Document) in
>     OpenOffice.org 2.0.
>
>     After hours of tinkering, here is a free workaround to
>     get .wps files into OpenOffice.org 2.0
>     This has been tested and is working on Windows XP and
>     2000 with OpenOffice.org 2.0.
>     Please verify and report here any success or problems
>     with other windows versions.
>
>     Step 1. Download and install the free as of 7/15/06
>     "Word Viewer 2003" from Microsoft
>     at the following link:
>
>
>     http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B9E11E83-
> F51B-4977-B572-8C042DF802C1&displaylang=EN
>
>     Step 2. Download and install the free as of 7/15/06
>     "Works 6.0 Converter for Works and Word Users"
>     from Microsoft at the following link:
>
>     http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=B9E11E83-
> F51B-4977-B572-8C042DF802C1&displaylang=EN
>
>     After Installing both, Launch Word Viewer 2003, Start
>     -> programs ->
>     Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003. An open dialog
>     appears.
>     At the bottom of this dialog make sure the "Files of
>     type" is set to "All Files(*.*)".
> Now browse to your .wps file, select it and click open.
> A warning dialog will appear, if you trust this file etc.,
> click yes and like magic your .wps is now open!.
>     Select all -> edit copy ->. Now open OpenOffice.org
>     2.0 writer and do edit paste.
>     You should now be looking at your doc in
>     OpenOffice.org 2.0.
>     Choose Save as from the file menu and save your
>     document to your preferred format.
>     You are now good to go!
>
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i'll try to answer al the subsequent responses at once...

unfortunately, the article referred to here appears to be specific to
the windows environment.  additionally, the two links are actually
identical, referring to the same software download, which i've already
tried w/o success.

for the person who was able to successfully load a .wps file into ooo
- i tried that with the most recent version i have available (2.2 in
ubuntu 7.04 - a Very nice environment, btw) but all i got was a small
box similar to a placeholder for a non-printable ascii character, so
no joy there, either.

as for those who haven't (or have) seen .wps out in the real world,
they sadly do exist since works appears to be the poor man's Word
option.  as mentioned earlier, these are due to the clients my wife
deals with - she's a flute teacher and everyone she deals with are
individuals, not businesses.  she currently is administering a summer
camp for flute students and the associated .wps files being sent to us
is quite numerous, hence the need for something better than asking
those who send the files to send in a different format - sometimes
akin to asking a neanderthal to build a particle accelerator.

hopefully a different option is available that hasn't been mentioned
yet, but thanks to all for the suggestions so far.

joe


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