CorelConvert converts Microsoft Word files to WP format
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/wpcsoftware.html
The Convert utilities supplied with WPDOS 5.1 and 6.x are
unable to convert files created by Microsoft Word 97 (or by
later Word versions) to and from WP format. Corel supplies a
free Windows-based CorelConvert conversion utility that can
convert files from Word 97, Word 2000, and many other older
and recent formats into WP 5.1 and 6.x formats, and can
convert WP 5.1 and 6.x files into formats recognizable by
Word. (The program may crash when converting Word 2002
files, unless those files have been saved within Word to
some other format.) Ignore the confusing and irrelevant
explanation of the program that appears when you install it.
The utility has no effect on the way WPDOS works, and does
not make it possible to open Word 97 or Word 2000 files
directly in WPDOS. You must use the utility itself to
convert files into WPDOS format, and then open the converted
file in WPDOS.
You apparently do not need any version of WPWin on your
system in order to install and use the CorelConvert utility,
but the two buttons that open lists of folders (these
buttons are at the right-hand side of the fields where you
can enter a filename) will not work unless you have a copy
of PFREG.EXE from any recent version of WPWin. To make these
buttons work correctly, go the folder that contains the
convert utility and double-click on the PFOB80.PFC file. If
the folder buttons still do not work, find a copy of
PFREG.EXE; copy it into the folder with the conversion
utility; run PFREG.EXE, and click on the "Register" button.
These two buttons should now work correctly. If you do not
have a copy of PFREG.EXE, and you cannot make the folder
buttons work, simply type in the names of the input and
output files. The conversion process is not affected by
whether or not the buttons work correctly.
Note: Microsoft Word XP files cannot be converted by the
Corel Convert utility, but can be opened in WordPerfect 11.
Also, if you have a commercial copy of the WordPerfect
Office 2002 suite (not an academic copy), you can open Word
XP files in the QuickView Plus utility that is included in
the suite, copy the content of the Word file from the
viewer, and paste it into WordPerfect for Windows. The
resulting file can be saved from WP for Windows and then
opened in WPDOS. QuickView Plus is available separately from
AvantStar.
| I have XP Home edition with Outlook Express.
| My problem is, I receive pictures from some people with
ppt, or doc
| extensions. I don't use Word or Power Point as I have no
need for either. I
| have Word Perfect. I don't want to buy either for the sole
purpose of
| viewing photos. My question is, is there a viewer out
there that will view
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| Thanks for any feed back.
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