Help needed

It's a long story but I would like to print a document I wrote a number of years ago but it's in Corel Wordperfect format.

Manchester Uni used Wordperfect for a long time LOL

Unfortunately I can't find anything to read it or convert it

Any ideas........ anybody got a copy of Corel Wordperfect I could buy ??

Cheers

Shaun

 

Do you know what version of Wordperfect it was saved in?

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...742911033.aspx

If you don't mind emailing it, I can try and convert it for you if you get stuck.

 

Blimey.........it was a long time ago. We used WordPerfect for DOS from version 5.1 to 6.0 then moved over to the Windows version (Terrible).

Then it was taken over by Borland (I think) and finally by Corel. The IT guys installed it as part of a Corel Bundle.........I remember the box had a big red and white balloon on the front but I guess that's no help LOL

Word gives up trying to convert it

Quick look here says probably Version 9 / 10 as I wrote the document 2000 / 2001

WordPerfect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you PM me your e-mail I'll send it over..... if the NHS limit is big enough

Cheers



Shaun

 

This may be worth a shot: Zamzar - Free online file conversion

 

Thanks for the link but it failed ........



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One thought. There might be a workperfect trial version availble for download and if so that might allow you to conver the file ornat the very least you will be able to copy the text out

 

I'll have a look on the Corel website now

Shaun

 

Free Trials - Home

Which do you reckon.........wordperfect Lightning as a starter ?

Shaun

 

It might work, though I'd be more inclined to go for the WordPerfect Office x4 download.

One other thought, stupid of me not to think of this before. OpenOffice!

A quick look at their wiki provided the following:

Does OpenOffice.org support WordPerfect file formats?

Current versions of OpenOffice.org will open WordPerfect files. However, you cannot save to WordPerfect formats from OpenOffice.org

I'd try OO first, and if that won't do the job, go for the WP download

 

Yeah, I recommended Shaun try OpenOffice earlier too.

I used AbiWord to convert the document which retained the text and the vast majority of the formatting, but lacked the embedded images.

 

Thanks

Will look for a downloadable version of openoffice

Shaun

 

Not sure whether it will support the file type or not, but have you tried uploading it to Google Docs?

 

I have Corel Wordperfect Suite on my PC. Let me know if I can help.

 

Beastra

Thanks for the offer

Does your version do an "Export" which includes a viewer to allow looking / printing a file for someone who does not have Wordperfect.

IIRC it exports it as an .EXE file

Cheers


Shaun

 

I have 1000s of old WP files in 5.1 I think. I find that WORD will open most of them although the fonts and tabs are buggered a bit. dl

 

DJ DunK converted the file for me and retrieved the text The embedded pictures are missing though

I think it's the pics that are stopping word from converting them !

Shaun