Reading Early MS Works Formats

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I am unable to read text File attachments that were generated by a Mac using
its MS Works 2.0 formatting. My new PC is a Works 8.0 Windows XPbased system.
I have no trouble reading spreadsheets sent rom that same computer in the Mac
Excel format. Suggestions please.
 
Visit the MS WORKS site and download the converters they
have for earlier versions.

http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/default.mspx

It is possible that the Mac 2.0 version may not have any
converters, you may need to open those files on the Mac and
use "save as" to change the file to rtf or txt or doc
format, the wps WORKS format changed with each step in the
revision process.

Don't try to open the attachment directly, save it to your
hard drive. Then open your WORKS program and use the
file/open command to select and open the file, this will
allow whatever converters that are installed to see the file
and convert it to a newer version.


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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


|I am unable to read text File attachments that were
generated by a Mac using
| its MS Works 2.0 formatting. My new PC is a Works 8.0
Windows XPbased system.
| I have no trouble reading spreadsheets sent rom that same
computer in the Mac
| Excel format. Suggestions please.
 
FOUND THAT HAVING SENDER CONVERT HIS FORMAT TO RTF MADE TEXT FILES READABLE
IN WORKS. ISSUE SOLVED
 
RTF is a universal format supported by just about all word
processors and also WordPad. It means Rich Text.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| FOUND THAT HAVING SENDER CONVERT HIS FORMAT TO RTF MADE
TEXT FILES READABLE
| IN WORKS. ISSUE SOLVED
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote:
|
| > Visit the MS WORKS site and download the converters they
| > have for earlier versions.
| >
| > http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/default.mspx
| >
| > It is possible that the Mac 2.0 version may not have
any
| > converters, you may need to open those files on the Mac
and
| > use "save as" to change the file to rtf or txt or doc
| > format, the wps WORKS format changed with each step in
the
| > revision process.
| >
| > Don't try to open the attachment directly, save it to
your
| > hard drive. Then open your WORKS program and use the
| > file/open command to select and open the file, this will
| > allow whatever converters that are installed to see the
file
| > and convert it to a newer version.
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
message
| >
| > |I am unable to read text File attachments that were
| > generated by a Mac using
| > | its MS Works 2.0 formatting. My new PC is a Works 8.0
| > Windows XPbased system.
| > | I have no trouble reading spreadsheets sent rom that
same
| > computer in the Mac
| > | Excel format. Suggestions please.
| >
| >
| >
 
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