I have a lot of stuff made up on Micro soft "works" as a result the dreaded WPS files. I can't seem to get an easy answer on 'OPEN OFFICE' so I've tried to put "Works" on my flash drive with disastrous results. Has anyone out there faced and solved this?...pappajohn
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If you have MS Office 2003 or 2007, you can use this converter to open .wps files, thus you could convert them to .doc and then open them with Open Office.
Otherwise portablizing Works would probably be frowned upon by Microsoft.
Thanks .. I'll try it!....Also I haven't worried about what MicroSoft has thought in many,many moons...Pappajohn
How many or how big your wps files are but a quick google search provides this online converter
http://www.zamzar.com/
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Haven't used Microsoft Works for over a decade but one would think it should be capable of saving documents in RTF format. These can be viewed and edited in every word processor I've seen. Even WordPad. If you have Spreadsheets in the Works formats then no idea what to use. Have you tried opening the files from Open Office?
EDIT: A quick Google found this article which should help.
How to Open WPS Files in Open Office
Good luck
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Linking off of prevcious post on eHow I found this link releavant? Not sure as not on drive with OO
http://www.ehow.com/how_5065887_open-wps-files-open-office.html
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