word formats

[Ghaleon]

I've got myself into quite a problem. I had microsoft works for 2 years and open offices for 1 year, so I have a good ammount of documents saved in both formats. I recently got microsoft office and deleted works and open office because i thought that there would be an easy way to change the formats; this is apparently not true. Is there any way to get these documents to work on microsoft word short of reinstalling both applications and changing each document individualy? Thanks

 

[Anne Troy]

Sorry.... no.

 

[Ghaleon]

shoot. well, thanks anyways.

 

[shdunnin]

You just have to love Microsofts unwillingness to comply!

 

[Augie65]

shoot. well, thanks anyways.

See if this Microsoft support helps. I have opened wordperfect documents in word on my computer, you might be able to try this or this.

 

[Surreal2]

Sorry.... no.

Umm...bowing to your superior knowledge but am I missing something? I have Word and it can open Works documents.

After File/Open you get a box at the bottom of which is a dropdown list 'Files of type', which includes a Works option.

I don't know about OpenOffice but the 'Files of type' list also includes an option to 'recover text from any file'. I've used this before and it worked...sure, you lose the formatting which is a pain, but at least you can recover the text.

 

[Anne Troy]

It depends so much on versions, surreal2. If he can't open them, I assume we're talking incompatible versions. Short of buying different versions or having someone open them for him... and given his question:

>>short of reinstalling both applications

I still see the basic answer as "no".

 

[Anne Troy]

Oh! And no bowing, please. I'm still learning, too!