Microsoft Works Document (WPS) is an obsolete file type that was a precursor to Microsoft Word Document (DOC). It was discontinued in 2006 and Microsoft. I bought a newer windows 10 computer. I copied my doc from older computer and pasted them into the newer computer. I guess they are in wps form and won't open. I was told to convert them into docs. In the Save as type box, select Word 97-2000 & 6.0/95 - RTF (.doc), and then click Save. Note If you are using Works 8.0, select Word 97-2003 (.doc) in the Save as type box, and then clickSave. You can see an example from the image below: On the File menu, click Close to close the current document before you try to open the document in Word. Navigate to and select the WPS file you want opened, then click on “Open.” The WPS document will now open in Microsoft Word. If the WPS document fails to open, the file may have been created in an earlier version of Microsoft Works.
How can I open Microsoft Works wordprocessor files (.wps)?
The basic OpenOffice.org does not support Microsoft Works, so you should convert a .wps file to a file compatible with OpenOffice.org. The following list provides ways to convert .wps files to compatible OpenOffice.org files:
Wps To Word Docx
- If you have Microsoft Works, open the .wps file in Microsoft Works and resave it as rich text format (.rtf) file.
- Use Microsoft Word, resave it as .doc file.
- Use an online converter service such as Zamzar.
- Use any of these OpenOffice.org variants which include libwps (see note below): OxygenOffice Professional, NeoOffice, Ubuntu, Your Office Suite, LibreOffice, or any other variant based on ooo-build
- Use the libwps command-line wps2html or wps2sxw converters. (OpenOffice.org can open either .html or .sxw.)
Note: The libwps library was designed to allow OpenOffice.org, KWord, Abiword, and similar programs to import Microsoft Works wordprocessor documents. Though available since early 2007, the mainstream OpenOffice.org has not incorporated the code (issue #8938).
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