Reading old WordPerfect files with Word 2008

[HunRef]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Processor: Power PC I can read wpd extensions with Word 2008 but not wps. Any suggestions?

 

[HunRef]

I can read wpd extensions with Word 2008 but not wps. Any suggestions?
Please disregard. I have solved the problem.

 

[Rob Schneider]

For the benefit of others who read this, or find in future with
Google/Bing ... how did you solve?


--rms

www.rmschneider.com

 

[Randy Singer (MacAttorney)]

Recent versions of Microsoft Word/Mac can't open WordPerfect
documents.

However, there are a bunch of ways to convert a WordPerfect document
to a MS Word document on your Macintosh. Here are the two most
popular ways:

1-Purchase MacLinkPlus from DataViz
http://www.dataviz.com/products/maclinkplus/index.html
and use it to convert your .wpd files to .doc files for use in
Microsoft Word. This, at first, might seem like the ideal solution,
but in practice, if your documents have complex formatting, the
MacLinkPlus translators can be disappointing.

2/3-Download AbiWord (free)
http://www.abisource.com/
or
NeoOffice (free)
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
and use one of them to open your documents and save them as .doc files
for use in Word (or continue using AbiWord or NeoOffice as your main
word processing application). Both of these programs use the same
exact translators, so it doesn't matter which you use.

I can send a long list of other options to whomever wants it.

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Thanks for the tip However, Abi word for Mac is over 4 years old and was
designed when OX.2.8 was out. And, to get it is not Straight forward,
you have to look at fine print and click on link mentioning OSX
available in slightly out of date form. I've downloaded and installed
it. So I could have a WordPerfect to word Translation system.

 

[HunRef]

For the benefit of others who read this, or find in future with

> Google/Bing ... how did you solve?

It was right under my nose in Word Help. File > Open > Enable: chose "Recover Text from any File". Voila! The file titles become solid; you can open them; and save them as Word documents.

Regards,
HunRef

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Randy:

Yes, please. I would like the full list to put up on
http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html

Cheers

Recent versions of Microsoft Word/Mac can't open WordPerfect
documents.

However, there are a bunch of ways to convert a WordPerfect document
to a MS Word document on your Macintosh. Here are the two most
popular ways:

1-Purchase MacLinkPlus from DataViz
http://www.dataviz.com/products/maclinkplus/index.html
and use it to convert your .wpd files to .doc files for use in
Microsoft Word. This, at first, might seem like the ideal solution,
but in practice, if your documents have complex formatting, the
MacLinkPlus translators can be disappointing.

2/3-Download AbiWord (free)
http://www.abisource.com/
or
NeoOffice (free)
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
and use one of them to open your documents and save them as .doc files
for use in Word (or continue using AbiWord or NeoOffice as your main
word processing application). Both of these programs use the same
exact translators, so it doesn't matter which you use.

I can send a long list of other options to whomever wants it.

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

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John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]