Opening Word Documents in Works 8.5

jgcraft

I am trying to open Word documents in Works 8.5. When I first had
difficuties I installed the Works Translator for Office Formats off the
Microsoft site. I then can open them successfully when I have the
specific application open e.g. Word Processing.

When I try to open a document from Windows Explorer I get the same
error I had before, that the file may be corrupted etc. My assumption
was that it was a Works patch and I am wondering if this is how it is
supposed to work. I would assume that Works would be smart enough to
send a .doc file to the Word Processing application after installing the
Translator.

Has anyone had this experience? Am I stuck or can it be corrected?

Thanks in advance,

George


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Mark L. Ferguson

It may be the new docx format from Office 2007 and you may need additional
add-ons for that.

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"jgcraft" <> wrote in message
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>
> I am trying to open Word documents in Works 8.5. When I first had
> difficuties I installed the Works Translator for Office Formats off the
> Microsoft site. I then can open them successfully when I have the
> specific application open e.g. Word Processing.
>
> When I try to open a document from Windows Explorer I get the same
> error I had before, that the file may be corrupted etc. My assumption
> was that it was a Works patch and I am wondering if this is how it is
> supposed to work. I would assume that Works would be smart enough to
> send a .doc file to the Word Processing application after installing the
> Translator.
>
> Has anyone had this experience? Am I stuck or can it be corrected?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> George
>
>
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> jgcraft

ray

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:28:57 -0600, jgcraft wrote:

> I am trying to open Word documents in Works 8.5. When I first had
> difficuties I installed the Works Translator for Office Formats off the
> Microsoft site. I then can open them successfully when I have the
> specific application open e.g. Word Processing.
>
> When I try to open a document from Windows Explorer I get the same error
> I had before, that the file may be corrupted etc. My assumption was
> that it was a Works patch and I am wondering if this is how it is
> supposed to work. I would assume that Works would be smart enough to
> send a .doc file to the Word Processing application after installing the
> Translator.
>
> Has anyone had this experience? Am I stuck or can it be corrected?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> George

I suspect you'd find it a lot simpler to simply install OpenOffice.org.
It's a free highly compatible office suite - reads and writes MS office
files and also industry standards.

jgcraft

I don't think that is the problem. The documents all date for 1999 to
2005.

Thanks

George


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uss kelvin's Ass Kicker

"uss kelvin" <> wrote in message
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>I second that...
>
> just installed it for a client.. he was amazed that it was so good and
> free
>
>
Don't you mean you installed it for another patient in your asylum?

uss kelvin's Ass Kicker

"ray" <> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:28:57 -0600, jgcraft wrote:
>
>> I am trying to open Word documents in Works 8.5. When I first had
>> difficuties I installed the Works Translator for Office Formats off the
>> Microsoft site. I then can open them successfully when I have the
>> specific application open e.g. Word Processing.
>>
>> When I try to open a document from Windows Explorer I get the same error
>> I had before, that the file may be corrupted etc. My assumption was
>> that it was a Works patch and I am wondering if this is how it is
>> supposed to work. I would assume that Works would be smart enough to
>> send a .doc file to the Word Processing application after installing the
>> Translator.
>>
>> Has anyone had this experience? Am I stuck or can it be corrected?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> George
>
> I suspect you'd find it a lot simpler to simply install OpenOffice.org.
> It's a free highly compatible office suite - reads and writes MS office
> files and also industry standards.

MS office files are Industry Standards. DUH. No wonder why you use Open
Sores software.

ray

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:51:17 -0800, uss kelvin's Ass Kicker wrote:

> "ray" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:28:57 -0600, jgcraft wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to open Word documents in Works 8.5. When I first had
>>> difficuties I installed the Works Translator for Office Formats off
>>> the Microsoft site. I then can open them successfully when I have the
>>> specific application open e.g. Word Processing.
>>>
>>> When I try to open a document from Windows Explorer I get the same
>>> error I had before, that the file may be corrupted etc. My assumption
>>> was that it was a Works patch and I am wondering if this is how it is
>>> supposed to work. I would assume that Works would be smart enough to
>>> send a .doc file to the Word Processing application after installing
>>> the Translator.
>>>
>>> Has anyone had this experience? Am I stuck or can it be corrected?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> George
>>
>> I suspect you'd find it a lot simpler to simply install OpenOffice.org.
>> It's a free highly compatible office suite - reads and writes MS office
>> files and also industry standards.
>
> MS office files are Industry Standards. DUH. No wonder why you use
> Open Sores software.

No, they are not. They are proprietary abominations. RTF is an industry
standard and, to a lesser extent, PDF.