[users] No access to MS Works files with .wps extension

2007-08-07 Thread Callum Coats
Dear Sir or Madam, I've just downloaded and installed yesterday what must be your latest version of Open Office (OpenOffice.org 2.2). All my recent writings, correspondence and spreadsheets have been written on my old, now defunct computer, using Microsoft MS Works. While I can access my

Re: [users] No access to MS Works files with .wps extension

2007-08-07 Thread jonathon
Callum wrote: I cannot access any text files with the .wps extension. You have two options: * Buy MS Works, and export them to a more usable format; * Write off those documents as being lost, because they are in a file format that is unsupported by everybody; xan jonathon -- OOo can not

Re: [users] No access to MS Works files with .wps extension

2007-08-07 Thread S Perry
That's why it's best in MS Works, depending on the version, to save text files as rtf, doc or text. If you had MS Works on your old computer, you most likely have a disc. You may not think you have MS Works, because it usually resides on a disk labeled MS Word. If you don't have the disk,