[morradi]

I have an old Works document I would like to convert to Word 97-2003 format.
When I open it in Word, it shows a lot of cryptic characters. Does anybody
know of a simple way to remove them? (such as: ^,¨, È, ) in between normal
sentences. I've tried to copy the entire text to Notepad / Wordpad, but
without any luck.

Thanks.

[Graham Mayor]

It would help if you downloaded the old Works converters from my web site to
enable you to open the Works document without the odd characters.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



morradi wrote:
I have an old Works document I would like to convert to Word 97-2003
format. When I open it in Word, it shows a lot of cryptic characters.
Does anybody know of a simple way to remove them? (such as: ^,¨, È, )
in between normal sentences. I've tried to copy the entire text to
Notepad / Wordpad, but without any luck.

Thanks.

[morradi]

Hi,
Thanks for your lightning fast reply!
i downloaded the converter, but I'm afraid I'm not sure how to use it. When
i open Word, i have an option saying Convert - but the document does not
change in any way.. I think Im going about this the wrong way.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It would help if you downloaded the old Works converters from my web site to
enable you to open the Works document without the odd characters.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



morradi wrote:
I have an old Works document I would like to convert to Word 97-2003
format. When I open it in Word, it shows a lot of cryptic characters.
Does anybody know of a simple way to remove them? (such as: ^,¨, È, )
in between normal sentences. I've tried to copy the entire text to
Notepad / Wordpad, but without any luck.

Thanks.

[Graham Mayor]

The (4) converters when installed as indicated in the readme file simply
allow old Works documents to be opened directly in Word. Uncheck Tools
Options General Confirm conversion on open then simply open the Works
document from File Open. (In Word 2007, that would be Word Options
Advanced General Confirm fileformat conversion on open)

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




morradi wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for your lightning fast reply!
i downloaded the converter, but I'm afraid I'm not sure how to use
it. When i open Word, i have an option saying Convert - but the
document does not change in any way.. I think Im going about this the
wrong way.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

It would help if you downloaded the old Works converters from my web
site to enable you to open the Works document without the odd
characters.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



morradi wrote:
I have an old Works document I would like to convert to Word 97-2003
format. When I open it in Word, it shows a lot of cryptic
characters. Does anybody know of a simple way to remove them? (such
as: ^,¨, È, ) in between normal sentences. I've tried to copy the
entire text to Notepad / Wordpad, but without any luck.

Thanks.