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How do I change file extentions?
Hi- I have a floppy disk with numerous files. Some are from 'word perfect',
and Works 4.5. I'd like to be able to open the files at work. We use Word 2000 there. Is it possible to change the file extensions to "doc" so they can be opened? If so, How do I do it? Thank you for any help... -- pivt |
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pivt wrote:
Hi- I have a floppy disk with numerous files. Some are from 'word perfect', and Works 4.5. I'd like to be able to open the files at work. We use Word 2000 there. Is it possible to change the file extensions to "doc" so they can be opened? If so, How do I do it? Thank you for any help... Yes to the WordPerfect files and I dont think so regarding the Works files. I believe Works files need to be converted some other way. To change a file extension, right click on the file and choose rename. This will allow you to re-name the file. Type a new name. When re-naming, do not use any strange characters like %$##@ and be sure to end the name with .doc Be careful though. While I am not exactly sure how, Wordperfect and Word are conceptually different. Because of this, not all WP files will convert nicely to Word. Someone else will be able to expand on that issue. |
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As in Michael's response, I'm not sure. However, try this: Open Word, choose
Open from the File drop down menu, in the Files of type at the bottom of the dialog box, click the down arrow and scroll to the WordPerfect fiile type. Later do the same looking for Works. "pivt" wrote in message ... Hi- I have a floppy disk with numerous files. Some are from 'word perfect', and Works 4.5. I'd like to be able to open the files at work. We use Word 2000 there. Is it possible to change the file extensions to "doc" so they can be opened? If so, How do I do it? Thank you for any help... -- pivt |
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See my previous post. The same does, in fact, work in Word 2000. All I had
to do was check my other computer. "pivt" wrote in message ... Hi- I have a floppy disk with numerous files. Some are from 'word perfect', and Works 4.5. I'd like to be able to open the files at work. We use Word 2000 there. Is it possible to change the file extensions to "doc" so they can be opened? If so, How do I do it? Thank you for any help... -- pivt |
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Changing the filename extension will not make a jot of difference to opening
these file. What you require are the correct import filters. Word 2000 comes with filters for Word Perfect and at least one version of Works. If you don't have the correct filter for Works (for WP too for that matter) you can download them via links on the downloads page of my web site, but do not install them on a company machine without consulting the company's IT department first. Never ever read from, write to or print from floppy with Word. This is the most certain method of ensuring document corruption. Copy to the hard disc and work on the document from there. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org pivt wrote: Hi- I have a floppy disk with numerous files. Some are from 'word perfect', and Works 4.5. I'd like to be able to open the files at work. We use Word 2000 there. Is it possible to change the file extensions to "doc" so they can be opened? If so, How do I do it? Thank you for any help... |
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Graham Mayor wrote:
Never ever read from, write to or print from floppy with Word. This is the most certain method of ensuring document corruption. Copy to the hard disc and work on the document from there. Just out of curiosity Graham, can you elaborate? I've heard similar tips from other Word gurus, but I've never been able to find out exactly why this is a bad idea. Also, when I rename a WP file with a .doc extension, Word opens it fine, but it does run some sort of converter first. Is that the filter you're speaking of? Thanks in advance for any advice Michael |
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Word has to create temp files in the active folder whenever it opens or
saves a document. The size of the temp files vary with the complexity of the document. Opening or saving from a floppy is bad for two reasons: Word is trying to both read and write from a media that was introduced eons ago (pre-1980s) and is desperately slow and not made for simultaneous read/write activities; Word also has no idea if there is sufficient room on the floppy and will overwrite other data if there isn't. There is absolutely nothing to be gained from changing a file extension: Word (as with most applications) will know that the document being opened is not a Word Doc. Word will read the header data to determine which format it is and use the appropriate converter (if installed) to convert it into Word format. The extension is there for us rather than the application. -- Terry Farrell - Word MVP http://word.mvps.org/ "Michael R" wrote in message ... : Graham Mayor wrote: : : : Never ever read from, write to or print from floppy with Word. This is the : most certain method of ensuring document corruption. Copy to the hard disc : and work on the document from there. : : : Just out of curiosity Graham, can you elaborate? I've heard similar : tips from other Word gurus, but I've never been able to find out exactly : why this is a bad idea. : : Also, when I rename a WP file with a .doc extension, Word opens it fine, : but it does run some sort of converter first. Is that the filter you're : speaking of? Thanks in advance for any advice : : Michael |
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Thanks very much Terry. that was very informative
TF wrote: Word has to create temp files in the active folder whenever it opens or saves a document. The size of the temp files vary with the complexity of the document. Opening or saving from a floppy is bad for two reasons: Word is trying to both read and write from a media that was introduced eons ago (pre-1980s) and is desperately slow and not made for simultaneous read/write activities; Word also has no idea if there is sufficient room on the floppy and will overwrite other data if there isn't. There is absolutely nothing to be gained from changing a file extension: Word (as with most applications) will know that the document being opened is not a Word Doc. Word will read the header data to determine which format it is and use the appropriate converter (if installed) to convert it into Word format. The extension is there for us rather than the application. |
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There is absolutely nothing to be gained from changing a file extension:
Word (as with most applications) will know that the document being opened is not a Word Doc. Word will read the header data to determine which format it is and use the appropriate converter (if installed) to convert it into Word format. The extension is there for us rather than the application. To add to what Terry has said, the extension is also there for Windows. If you open a Word document from within Word, the cow will know her own calf. But Windows requires registered file extensions to know what program to use to open a file. Word by default "owns" the .doc and .dot extensions and can also be configured to claim .htm, .rtf, and others. But unless you have associated Word with, say, .wpd, you can't double-click on a WordPerfect file in Windows Explorer and expect Word to open it. I haven't experimented with whether you *can* associate Word with .wpd or whether you can rename a ..wpd file to .doc and open it in Word this way, though I would expect both to be true. Even so, once Word has opened it, it will still know that the file is not a native Word document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Michael R" wrote in message ... Thanks very much Terry. that was very informative TF wrote: Word has to create temp files in the active folder whenever it opens or saves a document. The size of the temp files vary with the complexity of the document. Opening or saving from a floppy is bad for two reasons: Word is trying to both read and write from a media that was introduced eons ago (pre-1980s) and is desperately slow and not made for simultaneous read/write activities; Word also has no idea if there is sufficient room on the floppy and will overwrite other data if there isn't. There is absolutely nothing to be gained from changing a file extension: Word (as with most applications) will know that the document being opened is not a Word Doc. Word will read the header data to determine which format it is and use the appropriate converter (if installed) to convert it into Word format. The extension is there for us rather than the application. |
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