[Solved] Opening Corel WPD files

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gyaltnnh
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[Solved] Opening Corel WPD files

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Searched support for this, found nothing newer than 2018, at which time the Apache OpenOffice wiki said that "current versions will open WPD files". Since I was running 4.1.5 (2017), I updated to 4.1.9. Still can't open WPD files. How do I do so?
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Re: Opening Corel WPD files

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My suggestion would be to try LibreOffice. It has better compatibility with a number of formats that are not supported by OpenOffice.
If that doesn't work, or if you want to try an alternative first, then you could try using http://www.zamzar.com to convert the WPD file(s) to OpenDocument format.
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Re: Opening Corel WPD files

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LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit

See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.

Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
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Re: [Solved] Opening Corel WPD files

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I had very good luck with Zamzar. It was not difficult and allowed me to download the converted file without issue in Firefox (124). When opened is rendered correctly. There's also a download of the program for free (version 1.1 currently) allowing you to convert files offline native to the PC. Strongly recommended!!!
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