MS Works

Seeker

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Dec 14, 2009, 5:46:01 PM12/14/09

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My husband's laptop came preloaded with Works. It died recently, may it rest
in peace. He backed up his files but I can't recover them intact in Word,
even using the converter. The text is there but formatting is a mess. I
downloaded the wp2krtf.exe file (Works 2000 converter for Word 97/2000) from
the MS site thinking that might work but the file opened in gibberish.
Question: Is there some way I can use the recovery disks that came with the
laptop to install only Works on my computer or do I just need to buy a Works
program? We'll buy another laptop when we figure out what we want, but in
looking at reviews, some don't appear to come with Works. BTW: Op system is
XP. Any suggestiong will be much appreciated.

Tom Willett

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Dec 15, 2009, 8:52:34 AM12/15/09

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You'll need to ask whomever you got the recovery disks from.

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: My husband's laptop came preloaded with Works. It died recently, may it

DL

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Dec 15, 2009, 12:05:21 PM12/15/09

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Probably not, unless there is a Works specific disk

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philo

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Dec 15, 2009, 8:47:00 PM12/15/09

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If the version of "Works" was older than 2000
you may have to do this

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241801

Seeker

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Dec 16, 2009, 9:46:01 PM12/16/09

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Thanks for all for your responses. I'll just buy a new inexpensive Works
program on eBay.

P. S. Didn't mean to post the same message twice--dunno how it happened.
Apologies.

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philo

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Dec 17, 2009, 7:06:07 AM12/17/09

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Seeker wrote:
> Thanks for all for your responses. I'll just buy a new inexpensive Works
> program on eBay.
>

I find it amazing (but not surprising) that a newer MS word processing
program cannot convert data from an older program.

Though I am sure an Ebay purchase will not set you back much...

I just remembered that my gmail account has a built-in conversion
capabilities...

In other words if you emailed the documents to yourself as an
attachment...Gmail can convert them

Also, it's possible Open Office could convert the document

don't know for sure...but it's free!

Etaoin Shrdlu

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Dec 17, 2009, 9:05:58 PM12/17/09

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The OP is trying to convert *Works* files with *Word*.

thanatoid

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Dec 18, 2009, 12:30:20 AM12/18/09

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=?Utf-8?B?U2Vla2Vy?= <See...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
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Look into free on-line file conversion services - I haven't used
them myself but I believe they can convert almost anything.

And in the future, save everything in the universal (and tiny)
format: TXT.

thanatoid

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Dec 18, 2009, 12:36:33 AM12/18/09

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philo <ph...@privacy.invalid> wrote in
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> Seeker wrote:
>> Thanks for all for your responses. I'll just buy a new
>> inexpensive Works program on eBay.
>
> I find it amazing (but not surprising) that a newer MS word
> processing program cannot convert data from an older
> program.

You DO? Why do you think they keep on changing the formats?

<SNIP>

philo

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Dec 18, 2009, 1:07:04 AM12/18/09

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To make money of course!

philo

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Dec 18, 2009, 1:07:56 AM12/18/09

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Yes
but they said it did not work

thanatoid

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Dec 18, 2009, 7:36:32 PM12/18/09

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philo <ph...@privacy.invalid> wrote in
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And pretty fucking successful at it, too.