[Solved] Compatibility with MS Works (.wps) files

[hyperkilljoy]

Welcome beginner. Please answer all of the questions below which may provide information necessary to answer your question.
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Which version of OpenOffice.org are you using? none
What Operating System (version) are you using? XP
What is your question or comment? i just built this XP machine use to have windows ME and i was just wondering if this program reads the files i saved in microsoft works word on my ME machine. i transferred all my files from ME to my XP machine and want a program to read them. i didnt wanna dl this and try cuz it would take like 3 hrs and me finding out it not working would be a bummer so i want to ask first

thanks

[Villeroy]

Nothing but MS"Works" can open that files.

[keme]

If you have been using the Works suite, which includes MS Word, all your documents will be saved as "*.doc", and you should be fine. (You may experience slight formatting differences, so not everything will look exactly as it used to, but all your document content should be available).

If, on the other hand, you have been using the wordprocessor application integrated in Works, documents will be saved as "*.wks", and the current OOo will not readily open those files. Some third party builds of Open Office may have the filters to open those files, but then again, those builds tend to have other issues. (Not even Word - up to the XP version - did have integral support for Works ".wks"-files, though filter downloads were available.)

The Compatibility Pack and document viewers, freely available from Microsoft, are useful if you have documents saved in their new Office 2007 formats, collectively named OOXML.

[hyperkilljoy]

all the files are .wps

i goto microsoft works tab then click on word processor to open it in windows ME in XP these files say unknown application.

i try to open it with wordpad and other programs it just gives me encryption type looking symbols lol

[AndrewZ]

I wrote libwps to open .wps files in OpenOffice.org. As the page explains, one easy solution is to use OxygenOffice.

[hyperkilljoy]

Thanks to u all it worked