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Hans

I appologize for the lack of detail, I didn't think anybody would take me
seriously. I have, as mentioned my correspondence from my old PC w/Lotus on
a couple of floppies. In my new Dell, with WinXP and Microsoft Word, I put
the floppy in its drive and displayed it. I then selected DISPLY ALL in Edit
and then MOVE TO in the left panel. I placed the files in My Documents and
was most proud of my accomplishment until I found out that what looked like
files in my Documents didn't open (display) when clicked. They appear to be
empty.

Now, I have since learned that the Lotus program in my old PC, which I have
since given away, gave these files the suffix .LWP, which apparently is
not acceptable to Microsoft Word and that this program refuses to have
anything to do with them.

My question therefore was if there is a way to manipulate these files so
that they may be accpetable to WinXP or Microsoft Word and thus can be
opened and displayed on my new Dell PC.

With many thanks for your patience and efforts.

Hans
 
Hans said:
I appologize for the lack of detail, I didn't think anybody would take me
seriously. I have, as mentioned my correspondence from my old PC w/Lotus on
a couple of floppies. In my new Dell, with WinXP and Microsoft Word, I put
the floppy in its drive and displayed it. I then selected DISPLY ALL in Edit
and then MOVE TO in the left panel. I placed the files in My Documents and
was most proud of my accomplishment until I found out that what looked like
files in my Documents didn't open (display) when clicked. They appear to be
empty.

Now, I have since learned that the Lotus program in my old PC, which I have
since given away, gave these files the suffix .LWP, which apparently is
not acceptable to Microsoft Word and that this program refuses to have
anything to do with them.

My question therefore was if there is a way to manipulate these files so
that they may be accpetable to WinXP or Microsoft Word and thus can be
opened and displayed on my new Dell PC.

With many thanks for your patience and efforts.

Hans
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Windows XP has nothing to do with it. The ability to open a file is
controlled by the application that created the file. These are not
universal formats (though many of these applications do have the ability to
save in a format that is more widely recognized such as a basic text file),
they are proprietary to the specific application. Your best bet is to
purchase the appropriate Lotus application.

Word is no a part of Windows XP. This was bundled software supplied by
Dell. They may be able to give you discount on the Lotus software.

This is not just a case of file extension. That extension is a label meant
to designate that the file is a specific Lotus type and is recognized by
Lotus as such. In other words, even if you changed the extension to "doc,"
the standard extension for Word files, if it opened at all, it would likely
display gibberish as Word wouldn't recognize the format.

You might want to check the Lotus website to see if they have free viewers
for the document type. Then, you might be able to copy and paste the
information into a Word document.
 
You also might try opening WORD and then use the file/open
menu in WORD to open the files. WORD may be able to convert
the file.


"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
| Windows XP has nothing to do with it. The ability to open
a file is
| controlled by the application that created the file.
These are not
| universal formats (though many of these applications do
have the ability to
| save in a format that is more widely recognized such as a
basic text file),
| they are proprietary to the specific application. Your
best bet is to
| purchase the appropriate Lotus application.
|
| Word is no a part of Windows XP. This was bundled
software supplied by
| Dell. They may be able to give you discount on the Lotus
software.
|
| This is not just a case of file extension. That extension
is a label meant
| to designate that the file is a specific Lotus type and is
recognized by
| Lotus as such. In other words, even if you changed the
extension to "doc,"
| the standard extension for Word files, if it opened at
all, it would likely
| display gibberish as Word wouldn't recognize the format.
|
| You might want to check the Lotus website to see if they
have free viewers
| for the document type. Then, you might be able to copy
and paste the
| information into a Word document.
|
| --
| Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| Windows Shell/User
| Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
|
| | >I appologize for the lack of detail, I didn't think
anybody would take me
| > seriously. I have, as mentioned my correspondence from
my old PC w/Lotus
| > on
| > a couple of floppies. In my new Dell, with WinXP and
Microsoft Word, I put
| > the floppy in its drive and displayed it. I then
selected DISPLY ALL in
| > Edit
| > and then MOVE TO in the left panel. I placed the files
in My Documents and
| > was most proud of my accomplishment until I found out
that what looked
| > like
| > files in my Documents didn't open (display) when
clicked. They appear to
| > be
| > empty.
| >
| > Now, I have since learned that the Lotus program in my
old PC, which I
| > have
| > since given away, gave these files the suffix .LWP,
which apparently is
| > not acceptable to Microsoft Word and that this program
refuses to have
| > anything to do with them.
| >
| > My question therefore was if there is a way to
manipulate these files so
| > that they may be accpetable to WinXP or Microsoft Word
and thus can be
| > opened and displayed on my new Dell PC.
| >
| > With many thanks for your patience and efforts.
| >
| > Hans
| >
| >
|
|
 
Thanks, Jim, you are correct. That's certainly a possibility. Word might
then ask him if he wishes to convert these to word documents though it will
likely worn that some formatting may be lost.
 
That is better than not having the text.


"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
| Thanks, Jim, you are correct. That's certainly a
possibility. Word might
| then ask him if he wishes to convert these to word
documents though it will
| likely worn that some formatting may be lost.
|
| --
| Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| Windows Shell/User
| Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
|
in message
| | > You also might try opening WORD and then use the
file/open
| > menu in WORD to open the files. WORD may be able to
convert
| > the file.
| >
| >
| > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)"
| > | > | Windows XP has nothing to do with it. The ability to
open
| > a file is
| > | controlled by the application that created the file.
| > These are not
| > | universal formats (though many of these applications
do
| > have the ability to
| > | save in a format that is more widely recognized such
as a
| > basic text file),
| > | they are proprietary to the specific application.
Your
| > best bet is to
| > | purchase the appropriate Lotus application.
| > |
| > | Word is no a part of Windows XP. This was bundled
| > software supplied by
| > | Dell. They may be able to give you discount on the
Lotus
| > software.
| > |
| > | This is not just a case of file extension. That
extension
| > is a label meant
| > | to designate that the file is a specific Lotus type
and is
| > recognized by
| > | Lotus as such. In other words, even if you changed
the
| > extension to "doc,"
| > | the standard extension for Word files, if it opened at
| > all, it would likely
| > | display gibberish as Word wouldn't recognize the
format.
| > |
| > | You might want to check the Lotus website to see if
they
| > have free viewers
| > | for the document type. Then, you might be able to
copy
| > and paste the
| > | information into a Word document.
| > |
| > | --
| > | Michael Solomon MS-MVP
| > | Windows Shell/User
| > | Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
| > | DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
| > |
| > | | > | >I appologize for the lack of detail, I didn't think
| > anybody would take me
| > | > seriously. I have, as mentioned my correspondence
from
| > my old PC w/Lotus
| > | > on
| > | > a couple of floppies. In my new Dell, with WinXP and
| > Microsoft Word, I put
| > | > the floppy in its drive and displayed it. I then
| > selected DISPLY ALL in
| > | > Edit
| > | > and then MOVE TO in the left panel. I placed the
files
| > in My Documents and
| > | > was most proud of my accomplishment until I found
out
| > that what looked
| > | > like
| > | > files in my Documents didn't open (display) when
| > clicked. They appear to
| > | > be
| > | > empty.
| > | >
| > | > Now, I have since learned that the Lotus program in
my
| > old PC, which I
| > | > have
| > | > since given away, gave these files the suffix
..LWP,
| > which apparently is
| > | > not acceptable to Microsoft Word and that this
program
| > refuses to have
| > | > anything to do with them.
| > | >
| > | > My question therefore was if there is a way to
| > manipulate these files so
| > | > that they may be accpetable to WinXP or Microsoft
Word
| > and thus can be
| > | > opened and displayed on my new Dell PC.
| > | >
| > | > With many thanks for your patience and efforts.
| > | >
| > | > Hans
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
Absolutely.:-)

I only mentioned it to alert the OP of this possibility.
 
-----Original Message-----

my old PC w/Lotus
on selected DISPLY ALL in
Edit that what looked
like clicked. They appear to
be old PC, which I
have
Click to expand...

Unfortunately the only remedy is to get hold of a copy of
Smartsuite - I got one off Ebay a couple of years ago for
£8.......(about US$ 12???)
 
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