If you still have WordStar installed, try saving as .rtf.

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"okie47" wrote in message
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I have been using Word Star 2.0 for Windows for a few years and now wish
to
convert those text files to MS Office Word. Saving the Word Star
documents
to *.txt or *.doc doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions?