Microsoft Works files on the Mac?

[Spectrum]

Just moving some files from a PC laptop to an iBook. All the document files are in the Microsoft Works format (.wps I think).

Anybody, know of a way of opening/converting these into something useful on OS X ?

Cheers.

 

[KershMan]

convert them to RTF (rich text format) on the PC. That will open in Pages, Text, and MS Word on a Mac.

 

[bobert1985]

I had the same problem for some particularly old documents. I found out about zamzar.com where they can convert the file for you to pretty much any normal format. It worked like a charm!

 

[redribben]

cant you just right click on the file and type open with microsoft word?

 

[bobert1985]

redribben said:

cant you just right click on the file and type open with microsoft word?

First, I believe you mean click open in Microsoft Word. Second, no. Microsoft Works files are not compatible with Microsoft Word. It's even harder to convert on the Mac side because of the lack of a version of Microsoft Works available.

 

[aafuss1]

What I do with MS Works file is to save them as doc and xlr files. Databases can be exported to DBF.

 

[jarodharris]

Libreoffice for mac opens and edits Microsoft Works files including .wps files very well I find