Windows XP works wps files to windows 2000

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Colin Allott

Windows xp to windows 2000 conversion

I produced a document using microsoft works in windows
xp and mailed it to
my WesternGeco account so that I could forward it on.

I cannot open the .wps file in windows 2000

Would anyone have suggestions as to how I might convert
it ?

I can cut and past it as a flat text file into an
email and transfer it that way, but
it would be more elegant to convert the attachment

Regards,

Colin Allott
 
Sharon,

Thanks. I can do this, but it means me knowing about all
my colleagues systems and producing different documents
for each one.

I think microsoft should think about this backwards
compatabillity. They should load update software which
converts files at source.

Regards,

Colin
 
Sharon,

Thanks. I can do this, but it means me knowing about all
my colleagues systems and producing different documents
for each one.

I think microsoft should think about this backwards
compatabillity. They should load update software which
converts files at source.

Regards,

Colin
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You're welcome, Colin. It does get tricky when sending to folks that have
other word processing programs installed. That's why the RTF file is a good
choice. It's more universal than the Works file format.

I mentioned Word and Wordpad as editors on your system since you most
likely hae one of those two programs installed and can use them to adjust
existing documents. (You can use Works to create new RTF files). Most word
processors can read that file type. Many can create RTF files as well.
 
Colin Allott said:
Sharon,

Thanks. I can do this, but it means me knowing about all
my colleagues systems and producing different documents
for each one.

I think microsoft should think about this backwards
compatabillity. They should load update software which
converts files at source.

Regards,

Colin
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Colin, there are free converters for most different file types available
from microsoft already,
however your not going to get people to download the converter packs just to
open your files.
You do not need to know what your colleagues are using.
If you save the file as a .rtf, it can be opened on virtually all operating
systems.
If you do not know what software the other person has, .txt and .rtf are
your best choices.
 
Sharon,

There is a download file to do this conversion,
although it failed on my dataset

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
displaylang=en&familyid=32e7205a-3880-4416-9260-
57a96c8a9a76

Regards,

Colin
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Did you try it the other way yet? Open existing file in Works. Use File>
Save As, select RTF for "Save as type"?

Another option you might consider is creating a PDF file from the finished
document. Unfortunately it requires additional software to do this but it
is another type of file that works well across platforms.
 
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