Convert wps to doc
Microsoft Works creates wps files which are fine unless you have to open them in another program. To open them in word 97, 2000, or 2002 download this converter file. Install the update; it will append to Word. One can also purchase programs that translate wps to other formats. I've been unable to find a good summary of these.Older downloadable versions of Microsoft works can be found here
Workaround for opening .wps files in OpenOffice
I created this page because a google search (wps to doc) yielded rubbish
Typical frustration:
I installed a Dell PC for a customer. It has MS Works 7.0 as standard.
The customer has loads of MS Word documents with the Word-extension .DOC
I have set the file-type .DOC to associate with the Works Wordprocessor, and when I double-click a .DOC file, it opens correctly with Works-Word. However, it converts the .DOC file upon opening into a .WPS file, the default for that program.
At my customer's site, the document gets only printed and it never changes. But when you then close the file and/or the program, the sh.t-program keeps asking to save the changes (because it converted it to .WPS).
Is there any way to stop this evil-doer from converting, and can I set the default filetype to .DOC?
It drives my customer bananas!!
