How do I open Works 4.0 documents in Windows XP Pro?

How do I open Works 4.0 documents in Windows XP Pro?

"JLM1" wrote:

How do I open Works 4.0 documents in Windows XP Pro?


1. Install Works 4.0

or

2. Install some other application, such as Microsoft Word, that has
the ability to open Works 4.0 documents.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

Using Word to open *.wps files.

From MS Word 2002 Help:

[[Obtain file format converters
The most commonly used converters are installed with Microsoft Word by
default. If you want to open or save in a format that's not installed by
default, you may need to obtain additional converters.

Note You can open documents created in Microsoft Word 2000, 97, 95, 6.0,
or 2.0 directly in Microsoft Word 2002. All data and formatting created in
these versions of Word are fully supported in Word 2002.

Converters supplied with Word:
Opening or saving in Word:
Microsoft Works 4.0 for Windows
Opens and saves Works 4.0 files.
Microsoft Works 2000 for Windows
Opens and saves Works 2000 files.

Convert a single file from another file format
1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. Locate the file you want to open, and then click Open.

Convert several documents at once
1. Place the documents you want to convert in a single folder.
2. On the File menu, click New.
3. In the New Document task pane, under New from template, click General
templates.
4. Click the Other Documents tab.
5. Double-click Batch Conversion Wizard.
6. Follow the directions on the screen.]]
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Works 6.0 Converter for Works and Word Users
The Works 6.0 Converter allows you to convert word processor documents
created in Microsoft Works 6.0 to Microsoft Word and other Works programs.
Specifically, this converter works with Works 2000, 4.5, and 4.x, and Word
2002, 2000, and 97 on machines running Microsoft Windows® 98, 2000
Professional, Millennium Edition, and XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Works 2000 Converter for Word 97/2000 Users
The Works 2000 converter allows you to open a Works 2000 .wps file in Word
and to save a Word document as a Works 2000 .wps file.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Works Converter for Import/Export of Works Word Processor (.wps) Documents
(Wp2krtf.exe) Text Converter for Works 4.x

In order to open a word processor document (.wps) created in Microsoft Works
4.x in Microsoft Works 2000, Microsoft Word 2000, or Microsoft Word 97, or a
word processor document created in Works 2000, Word 2000, or Word 97 in
Microsoft Works 4.x, you need to download and install the Wp2krtf.exe text
converter.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

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Open Microsoft Works files in Excel
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...448771033.aspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
JLM1 hunted and pecked:
How do I open Works 4.0 documents in Windows XP Pro?

Wesley,

I am having trouble with my Windows Word 2002. It is asking for a product
key # with 25 digits. I never got a product key # with this CD. How do I
open it? I've tried to email microsoft, but they want to charge $35.

Strawberry



"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Using Word to open *.wps files.

From MS Word 2002 Help:

[[Obtain file format converters
The most commonly used converters are installed with Microsoft Word by
default. If you want to open or save in a format that's not installed by
default, you may need to obtain additional converters.

Note You can open documents created in Microsoft Word 2000, 97, 95, 6.0,
or 2.0 directly in Microsoft Word 2002. All data and formatting created in
these versions of Word are fully supported in Word 2002.

Converters supplied with Word:
Opening or saving in Word:
Microsoft Works 4.0 for Windows
Opens and saves Works 4.0 files.
Microsoft Works 2000 for Windows
Opens and saves Works 2000 files.

Convert a single file from another file format
1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. Locate the file you want to open, and then click Open.

Convert several documents at once
1. Place the documents you want to convert in a single folder.
2. On the File menu, click New.
3. In the New Document task pane, under New from template, click General
templates.
4. Click the Other Documents tab.
5. Double-click Batch Conversion Wizard.
6. Follow the directions on the screen.]]
-----

Works 6.0 Converter for Works and Word Users
The Works 6.0 Converter allows you to convert word processor documents
created in Microsoft Works 6.0 to Microsoft Word and other Works programs.
Specifically, this converter works with Works 2000, 4.5, and 4.x, and Word
2002, 2000, and 97 on machines running Microsoft Windows® 98, 2000
Professional, Millennium Edition, and XP.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Works 2000 Converter for Word 97/2000 Users
The Works 2000 converter allows you to open a Works 2000 .wps file in Word
and to save a Word document as a Works 2000 .wps file.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Works Converter for Import/Export of Works Word Processor (.wps) Documents
(Wp2krtf.exe) Text Converter for Works 4.x

In order to open a word processor document (.wps) created in Microsoft Works
4.x in Microsoft Works 2000, Microsoft Word 2000, or Microsoft Word 97, or a
word processor document created in Works 2000, Word 2000, or Word 97 in
Microsoft Works 4.x, you need to download and install the Wp2krtf.exe text
converter.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

-----

Open Microsoft Works files in Excel
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...448771033.aspx

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In ,
JLM1 hunted and pecked:
How do I open Works 4.0 documents in Windows XP Pro?

The Product Key is on a sticker affixed to the CD packaging.

Otherwise:
If Word is retail, contact Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326246

If Word is OEM contact the seller, Microsoft may not be able to help with
OEM.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
http://www.dts-l.org


"strawberry2go" wrote in message
...
Wesley,

I am having trouble with my Windows Word 2002. It is asking for a product
key # with 25 digits. I never got a product key # with this CD. How do I
open it? I've tried to email microsoft, but they want to charge $35.

Strawberry

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 07:55:05 -0700, "strawberry2go"
wrote:


I am having trouble with my Windows Word 2002. It is asking for a product
key # with 25 digits. I never got a product key # with this CD. How do I
open it? I've tried to email microsoft, but they want to charge $35.

Strawberry

There are ways to find it.... this site lists several
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ViewKeyXP.htm



"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude"

"If we run into such debt, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our calling and our creeds...we [will] have no time to think, no means of calling our miss-managers to account but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers. And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for another till the bulk of society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery.

"And the fore-horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that and in its train wretchedness and oppression." - Thomas Jefferson - Author of The Declaration of Independence, Founding Father and Third U.S. President

The OP need the key so it can be input.
Those tools are great but none can display what is not yet entered.
And the key is not on the CD.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
http://www.dts-l.org


"sf" wrote in message
...
There are ways to find it.... this site lists several
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ViewKeyXP.htm

On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 00:30:59 -0600, "Jupiter Jones [MVP]"
wrote:

The OP need the key so it can be input.
Those tools are great but none can display what is not yet entered.

In that case, I misunderstood. Most people ask about CD keys when
they are reinstalling.

And the key is not on the CD.

Not a good sign.


We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our
election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude"

If we run into such debt, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our
drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements,
for our calling and our creeds...we [will] have no time to think, no means of
calling our miss-managers to account but be glad to obtain subsistence by
hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers.
And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle
in one instance becomes a precedent for another till the bulk of society is
reduced to be mere automatons of misery.

And the fore-horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows
that and in its train wretchedness and oppression.

Thomas Jefferson,
Author of The Declaration of Independence, Founding Father and Third U.S. President