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Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:52:47 -0400
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Subject: Re: Works 4.5
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If you still have Works on some machine, save all the files as .rtf "Rich
Text Format." Works is a little proprietary thing that was never ported to
anything.  I have seen times when even MS Office would not import Works
native documents.

-Wolf


On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:26 AM, David Terron <daterron@sky.com> wrote:

> Hi, Want to transfer all my Works 4.5 docs from old PC using windows XP to
> laptop using Windows 7 pro. Have installed
>
> openoffice.org on both machines but no luck in opening Works 4.5 documents
> at present on laptop. Want to use openoffice on laptop rather than Word
> 2007
> (installed on laptop) but not much point if cannot retrieve and use all
> Works 4.5 documents from old (still working) PC. Grateful for any advice.
>
> David Terron - daterron@sky.com
>
>


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