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MSOffice 2003 .DOC -----Works9 Word Processor .WPS
Hi, I am a HOME (not a corporate or business) user who has been using
MSOffice 2003 and have found the it to be "overkill" (it has too many functions than I don't need) and recently purchased a new W7 system that had Works 9 installed so I thought that I would use the "crippled" Word processor in Works 9 and have encountered a small annoyance. I copied the .DOC files to a new folder and when I opened Works9, I clicked on the folder and tried to open the DOC file but the default extension for Works is .WPS NOT .DOC (which is understandable). So in order to open the Office/.Doc file, I need to select .DOC from the pulldown menu In Works Word Processor, and if I make a change to the document, I need to save it as a WPS file. So I have a few questions, first is their an easy way to convert ALL the ..DOC files to .WPS so that they are "ready to use" when I open Works? I realize that I can do this one at a time but I have several hundred .DOC files and am looking for a quicker way to convert these files. The second question is, I would appreciate if you could please advise me of some of the drawbacks if I covert the .DOC files to .WPS and use the Works9 Word processor program for my test needs? Thank you for your help. Bob |
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MSOffice 2003 .DOC -----Works9 Word Processor .WPS
Before you get too carried away, you might check and see whether Works can
save in .doc format, which you would find more universally accepted if you ever need to share documents with anyone else. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a HOME (not a corporate or business) user who has been using MSOffice 2003 and have found the it to be "overkill" (it has too many functions than I don't need) and recently purchased a new W7 system that had Works 9 installed so I thought that I would use the "crippled" Word processor in Works 9 and have encountered a small annoyance. I copied the .DOC files to a new folder and when I opened Works9, I clicked on the folder and tried to open the DOC file but the default extension for Works is .WPS NOT .DOC (which is understandable). So in order to open the Office/.Doc file, I need to select .DOC from the pulldown menu In Works Word Processor, and if I make a change to the document, I need to save it as a WPS file. So I have a few questions, first is their an easy way to convert ALL the .DOC files to .WPS so that they are "ready to use" when I open Works? I realize that I can do this one at a time but I have several hundred .DOC files and am looking for a quicker way to convert these files. The second question is, I would appreciate if you could please advise me of some of the drawbacks if I covert the .DOC files to .WPS and use the Works9 Word processor program for my test needs? Thank you for your help. Bob |
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MSOffice 2003 .DOC -----Works9 Word Processor .WPS
Works 9 will certainly both open and save as DOC (even DOCX) if Word is
installed on the system, but whether it will do so if not, I hesitate to guess. Works 9 will not run macros so there is no simple batch process to convert Word to Works available from Works. It is however relatively simple to do so from Word, but I wonder at the necessity? You should be able to associate DOC files with Works to allow them to be opened directly in Works Word Processor. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Before you get too carried away, you might check and see whether Works can save in .doc format, which you would find more universally accepted if you ever need to share documents with anyone else. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a HOME (not a corporate or business) user who has been using MSOffice 2003 and have found the it to be "overkill" (it has too many functions than I don't need) and recently purchased a new W7 system that had Works 9 installed so I thought that I would use the "crippled" Word processor in Works 9 and have encountered a small annoyance. I copied the .DOC files to a new folder and when I opened Works9, I clicked on the folder and tried to open the DOC file but the default extension for Works is .WPS NOT .DOC (which is understandable). So in order to open the Office/.Doc file, I need to select .DOC from the pulldown menu In Works Word Processor, and if I make a change to the document, I need to save it as a WPS file. So I have a few questions, first is their an easy way to convert ALL the .DOC files to .WPS so that they are "ready to use" when I open Works? I realize that I can do this one at a time but I have several hundred .DOC files and am looking for a quicker way to convert these files. The second question is, I would appreciate if you could please advise me of some of the drawbacks if I covert the .DOC files to .WPS and use the Works9 Word processor program for my test needs? Thank you for your help. Bob |
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MSOffice 2003 .DOC -----Works9 Word Processor .WPS
Thank you for your help guys, Graham you wrote "You should be able to
associate DOC files with Works to allow them to be opened directly in Works Word", how would I do this? Thanks, Bob Works 9 will certainly both open and save as DOC (even DOCX) if Word is installed on the system, but whether it will do so if not, I hesitate to guess. Works 9 will not run macros so there is no simple batch process to convert Word to Works available from Works. It is however relatively simple to do so from Word, but I wonder at the necessity? You should be able to associate DOC files with Works to allow them to be opened directly in Works Word Processor. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Before you get too carried away, you might check and see whether Works can save in .doc format, which you would find more universally accepted if you ever need to share documents with anyone else. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a HOME (not a corporate or business) user who has been using MSOffice 2003 and have found the it to be "overkill" (it has too many functions than I don't need) and recently purchased a new W7 system that had Works 9 installed so I thought that I would use the "crippled" Word processor in Works 9 and have encountered a small annoyance. I copied the .DOC files to a new folder and when I opened Works9, I clicked on the folder and tried to open the DOC file but the default extension for Works is .WPS NOT .DOC (which is understandable). So in order to open the Office/.Doc file, I need to select .DOC from the pulldown menu In Works Word Processor, and if I make a change to the document, I need to save it as a WPS file. So I have a few questions, first is their an easy way to convert ALL the .DOC files to .WPS so that they are "ready to use" when I open Works? I realize that I can do this one at a time but I have several hundred .DOC files and am looking for a quicker way to convert these files. The second question is, I would appreciate if you could please advise me of some of the drawbacks if I covert the .DOC files to .WPS and use the Works9 Word processor program for my test needs? Thank you for your help. Bob . |
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MSOffice 2003 .DOC -----Works9 Word Processor .WPS
Right-click on a .doc file in Computer and select Open With (assuming the
context menu in Windows 7 hasn't changed drastically). Select the Works word processor as the program to open .doc files and check the box that says "Always open this type of file with this program" (or words to that effect). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Thank you for your help guys, Graham you wrote "You should be able to associate DOC files with Works to allow them to be opened directly in Works Word", how would I do this? Thanks, Bob Works 9 will certainly both open and save as DOC (even DOCX) if Word is installed on the system, but whether it will do so if not, I hesitate to guess. Works 9 will not run macros so there is no simple batch process to convert Word to Works available from Works. It is however relatively simple to do so from Word, but I wonder at the necessity? You should be able to associate DOC files with Works to allow them to be opened directly in Works Word Processor. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Before you get too carried away, you might check and see whether Works can save in .doc format, which you would find more universally accepted if you ever need to share documents with anyone else. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a HOME (not a corporate or business) user who has been using MSOffice 2003 and have found the it to be "overkill" (it has too many functions than I don't need) and recently purchased a new W7 system that had Works 9 installed so I thought that I would use the "crippled" Word processor in Works 9 and have encountered a small annoyance. I copied the .DOC files to a new folder and when I opened Works9, I clicked on the folder and tried to open the DOC file but the default extension for Works is .WPS NOT .DOC (which is understandable). So in order to open the Office/.Doc file, I need to select .DOC from the pulldown menu In Works Word Processor, and if I make a change to the document, I need to save it as a WPS file. So I have a few questions, first is their an easy way to convert ALL the .DOC files to .WPS so that they are "ready to use" when I open Works? I realize that I can do this one at a time but I have several hundred .DOC files and am looking for a quicker way to convert these files. The second question is, I would appreciate if you could please advise me of some of the drawbacks if I covert the .DOC files to .WPS and use the Works9 Word processor program for my test needs? Thank you for your help. Bob . |
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MSOffice 2003 .DOC -----Works9 Word Processor .WPS
Thank you for your suggestion Suzanne, I think that my best option (assuming
that their IS such an option) would be to have ALL FILES as the Default for opening the Works Word Processor so that the "old" .doc and the "new" .wps files would be visible. Is their a way to change the default on Works to be ALL FILES instead of (the current option) .wps? Thanks, Bob Right-click on a .doc file in Computer and select Open With (assuming the context menu in Windows 7 hasn't changed drastically). Select the Works word processor as the program to open .doc files and check the box that says "Always open this type of file with this program" (or words to that effect). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Thank you for your help guys, Graham you wrote "You should be able to associate DOC files with Works to allow them to be opened directly in Works Word", how would I do this? Thanks, Bob Works 9 will certainly both open and save as DOC (even DOCX) if Word is installed on the system, but whether it will do so if not, I hesitate to guess. Works 9 will not run macros so there is no simple batch process to convert Word to Works available from Works. It is however relatively simple to do so from Word, but I wonder at the necessity? You should be able to associate DOC files with Works to allow them to be opened directly in Works Word Processor. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Before you get too carried away, you might check and see whether Works can save in .doc format, which you would find more universally accepted if you ever need to share documents with anyone else. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a HOME (not a corporate or business) user who has been using MSOffice 2003 and have found the it to be "overkill" (it has too many functions than I don't need) and recently purchased a new W7 system that had Works 9 installed so I thought that I would use the "crippled" Word processor in Works 9 and have encountered a small annoyance. I copied the .DOC files to a new folder and when I opened Works9, I clicked on the folder and tried to open the DOC file but the default extension for Works is .WPS NOT .DOC (which is understandable). So in order to open the Office/.Doc file, I need to select .DOC from the pulldown menu In Works Word Processor, and if I make a change to the document, I need to save it as a WPS file. So I have a few questions, first is their an easy way to convert ALL the .DOC files to .WPS so that they are "ready to use" when I open Works? I realize that I can do this one at a time but I have several hundred .DOC files and am looking for a quicker way to convert these files. The second question is, I would appreciate if you could please advise me of some of the drawbacks if I covert the .DOC files to .WPS and use the Works9 Word processor program for my test needs? Thank you for your help. Bob . . |
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MSOffice 2003 .DOC -----Works9 Word Processor .WPS
I don't know about Works, but Word retains whatever setting you are using
when you close it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Thank you for your suggestion Suzanne, I think that my best option (assuming that their IS such an option) would be to have ALL FILES as the Default for opening the Works Word Processor so that the "old" .doc and the "new" .wps files would be visible. Is their a way to change the default on Works to be ALL FILES instead of (the current option) .wps? Thanks, Bob Right-click on a .doc file in Computer and select Open With (assuming the context menu in Windows 7 hasn't changed drastically). Select the Works word processor as the program to open .doc files and check the box that says "Always open this type of file with this program" (or words to that effect). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Thank you for your help guys, Graham you wrote "You should be able to associate DOC files with Works to allow them to be opened directly in Works Word", how would I do this? Thanks, Bob Works 9 will certainly both open and save as DOC (even DOCX) if Word is installed on the system, but whether it will do so if not, I hesitate to guess. Works 9 will not run macros so there is no simple batch process to convert Word to Works available from Works. It is however relatively simple to do so from Word, but I wonder at the necessity? You should be able to associate DOC files with Works to allow them to be opened directly in Works Word Processor. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Before you get too carried away, you might check and see whether Works can save in .doc format, which you would find more universally accepted if you ever need to share documents with anyone else. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Boblink" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a HOME (not a corporate or business) user who has been using MSOffice 2003 and have found the it to be "overkill" (it has too many functions than I don't need) and recently purchased a new W7 system that had Works 9 installed so I thought that I would use the "crippled" Word processor in Works 9 and have encountered a small annoyance. I copied the .DOC files to a new folder and when I opened Works9, I clicked on the folder and tried to open the DOC file but the default extension for Works is .WPS NOT .DOC (which is understandable). So in order to open the Office/.Doc file, I need to select .DOC from the pulldown menu In Works Word Processor, and if I make a change to the document, I need to save it as a WPS file. So I have a few questions, first is their an easy way to convert ALL the .DOC files to .WPS so that they are "ready to use" when I open Works? I realize that I can do this one at a time but I have several hundred .DOC files and am looking for a quicker way to convert these files. The second question is, I would appreciate if you could please advise me of some of the drawbacks if I covert the .DOC files to .WPS and use the Works9 Word processor program for my test needs? Thank you for your help. Bob . . |
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