Further to this, I have found the conv432 (or whatever it is) in the right
directory already, it having obviously been put there in the early hours of
this morning when I tried to add that feature, but the actual file comes
through with lots of garbage characters. I tried saving as an htm file and
then retrieving it and saving it as a doc file. This worked 85% except that
some paragraphs were jumbled up and it will be somewhat painstaking checking
all his original paragraphs (from a print-out) against mine, and making the
block moves required. So the question now is: is a wps file always from
works4 or could it be another version? Any there ideas that will help me
turn this 90 year old man's work from wps into doc will be very much
appreciated.
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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
...
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.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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?