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azler
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 Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 7:47 am Post subject: .WKS to ? |
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Not sure if this is the right section but here goes.
I recently updated an old computer with a new one on windows 7 and Open Office.
On the old computer there was 100's of .WKS files made by MS works 4.5.
I have works 4.5 installed on a test computer and they still open fine, But I cant seem to get the WKS files to open with open office.
Does anyone know how I can A) get them to open & B) convert them to a better format? .xls or something with more support.
As I have so many files a batch conversion would be nice.
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Villeroy
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This software can handle quite a few foreign file formats fairly well but no software is able to handle each and every cryptic file format of computing history. For best results you need MS software to convert from one MS file format into another MS file format.
You may also try http://zamzar.com and see if it yields satisfying results.
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Corfy
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I don't have a .wks file to try, but I know LibreOffice Writer handles .wps (Works word processing) files just fine.
.wks does appear to be a file format LibreOffice Calc can open, but it seems to be associated with Lotus 1-2-3 files. I don't know how different Works files are.
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thomasjk
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| Libreoffice can open .wps files. .WKS files are Works spreadsheet files. Unless you can save them in .xls format you are out of luck. Or use www.zamzar.com as Villeroy suggested. |
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I have works 4.5 installed on a test computer and they still open fine, |
Works 4.5 will save its spreadsheets as Excel (.xls) files whch can then be opened with OpenOffice and saved as Calc files.
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azler
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I can get the spread sheets open in works 4.5 & works 9.
My trouble is converting 100's as I cant sit there and open / save all of them it would take me days.
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| Quote: | | open / save all of them it would take me days |
Do you really need to? Generally it is only necessary to convert old files from Works to OpenOffice as and when they are needed. In many cases so long as you have the MS Works program there may not even be a need to convert some files. Works may be primitive by comparison with OpenOffice but it does have the great advantage of simple reliability if you are already familiar with it.
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