On 02/10/2008 11:56 AM, Brian Barker wrote: > > But there is neat workaround. It seems you are using Windows. If > so, download and install the free viewer for Microsoft Word document > files from the Microsoft web site. Open your Works file in > this. (It accepts Works files.) Select all the text and > copy-and-paste it into a new OpenOffice Writer document. This will > preserve most of the formatting, at least. >
If you are using the Ubuntu'ized version of OOo (linux) it includes an import filter for MS Works. The Novell go-oo version for windows supposedly has the filter, but when I just ran it in Wine the filter didn't appear. However, it still might be worth a try: http://go-oo.org/discover/ Download for Windows: http://go-oo.org/download/ [click on any of the Windows ( mirrors: be: ftp ftp, de: ftp ftp, it: ftp, jp: ftp http, us: ftp ftp )] Also, I believe that OxygenOffice also has the MS Works filter: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ooop/ https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=170021 [english windows version: OOo_2.3.1_071211_Win32Intel_install.exe Mirror 224840964 14830 i386 .exe (32-bit Windows)] Not to the OP: The above are variants of the OpenOffice.org package, but are very well known and trusted installations. The nice thing about open source software is that you are not locked into a single vendor/solution. Just keep in mind if you do install a variant, that you'll need to report that when you want help. What you can do is save your existing OOo directories to another, load the go-oo or Oxygen packages, convert all of your Works files to .odt or .doc files, and then reinstall your standard OOo package if you wish. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
