Windows Write

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Michael Gula

(Not strictly a Microsoft Word question, but somewhat related nonetheless)

Did the old Windows Write program have its own file format, or was it
merely a type of RFT?

Put another way, does one "create" a Windows Write file merely by saving
as RTF and appending a .wri file extension?
 
Hi Michael,

MS Windows Write (WRI) is a binary format wrapper
(i.e. it's not RTF).

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(Not strictly a Microsoft Word question, but somewhat related nonetheless)

Did the old Windows Write program have its own file format, or was it
merely a type of RFT?

Put another way, does one "create" a Windows Write file merely by saving
as RTF and appending a .wri file extension? >>
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MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

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Michael Gula said:
(Not strictly a Microsoft Word question, but somewhat related nonetheless)

Did the old Windows Write program have its own file format, or was it
merely a type of RFT?

Put another way, does one "create" a Windows Write file merely by saving
as RTF and appending a .wri file extension?
Click to expand...

Wordpad (.wri) and Word (.doc) files:
(Later versions of Works open Wordpad in Word, which browned me off as I
have lots of Wordpad files)
For some reason WinXP doesn't recognise wordpad (.wri) files that were
raised in Win 9x.
Workaround :
1. Open them with Word.
2. Save as Rich text file (will look like "File Name.wri.rtf").
3. Right click on the saved file and rename by deleting the .rtf.
4. The file - File Name.wri - will then open in wordpad
(providing you have file associations set for .wri to use Wordpad)
More about Wordpad etc here :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883090
 
Note that the registry fix in the article mentiond
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883090
listed for Windows XP SP2 also works in Windows 2000
to allow opening .WRI files. It does not provide
a 'save as' capability for the .WRI (Windows Write)
file format.

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Wordpad (.wri) and Word (.doc) files:
(Later versions of Works open Wordpad in Word, which browned me off as I
have lots of Wordpad files)
For some reason WinXP doesn't recognise wordpad (.wri) files that were
raised in Win 9x.
Workaround :
1. Open them with Word.
2. Save as Rich text file (will look like "File Name.wri.rtf").
3. Right click on the saved file and rename by deleting the .rtf.
4. The file - File Name.wri - will then open in wordpad
(providing you have file associations set for .wri to use Wordpad)
More about Wordpad etc here :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883090 >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx
 
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