Subject: Re: .wpd Apps ???
From: Buddha (buddha@gci.net)
Date: Fri Aug 02 2002 - 15:52:59 AKDT
Sorry, I think I screwed those directions up because WP can't save in .doc
format (I don't think). You have to use MS Word as the 'middleman' so you
would open each WP file in Word, save as a .DOC, then open the .DOCs in
OpenOffice and alternately save in OpenOffice's native XML format.
>
> I came up with this workaround when Greg M. was switching over from
> WordPerfect to OpenOffice.
>
> It could be time consuming, but why not try saving the WordPerfect
> files in MS .doc format, then open these in Open Office. I can't
> remember if this was Greg's issue or not or if WP evvn saves in .doc
> format...going from memory here. Try it out on some docs and see if
> the formatting makes it thru the process.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W.D.McKinney" <deem@wdm.com>
> Date: Friday, August 2, 2002 1:36 pm
> Subject: .wpd Apps ???
>
>>
>> I am helping a charter school to use Linux and the board members want
>> to know what is the app to use for Wordperfect docs, and they really
>> want to replace MS Office completely and Wordperfect.
>>
>> OpenOffice 1.0.1 apparently does not read wordperfect ?
>> Do you have use a Corel product ?
>>
>> --
>> W.D.McKinney (Dee)
>> http://3519098920
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