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Graham Mayor
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Compatibility with Works4
Windows Explorer is available in all versions of Windows up to the present.
You will find it in Start All programs Accessories. Right click on the
registry file and merge it into the registry. The CNV files go where
indicated in the readme.
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wrote:
Hi Graham
This could be I want. It is to avoid having an elderly author retype
71,000 words! But I downloaded the converter zip file from your
website (greet site) and it appears to be for an earlier version of
the OS (I am using XP) eg it refers to Windows Explorer. It there an
exe file I can use on this works4 file or is it safe to meddle with
the registry?
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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In order to open Works files, you need the correct filter for the
version of Works that created them. The filters are linked from the
downloads page of my web site.
Dangers? Probably none, though there is a minor and undisclosed
security risk to using the old filters..
Problems? The formatting may not be the same as the original
document and if you save using the wrong Works converter your
correspondent with Works 4 will not be able to open them.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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wrote:
I am just about to get some .wps files to clean up, which seem to be
from Works4, but I haven't yet been sent the actual files. I think
the user had this package preloaded on his Dell, which he bought a
few years ago. A brief test shows I can make wps files (using Word,
after updating it, using the CD) and then I can read these in Word.
Does anyone know if there are lurking dangers?
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