Re: wps -format?
On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 02:25:05PM +0200, Kristian Niemi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Got a file in WPS-format, which I'd of course like to open.
> I'm not quite sure if it's MS Works -format, or WordPerfect; I'm
> assuming it's MS Works.
>
> Anyway, I've tried digging through the net to find a
> converter/filter/progr. that could read the format.
>
> The 'answer' I've come up with is --- there is none.
>
> So I'm just checking with you now if this is really the case, or if
> anyone has had a similar problem and somehow managed to solve it.
>
> Sure, I *could* boot up Windows, install MS's Works -> Word converter,
> but I don't want to. ;) I've been Windows-free for a while now, and
> would like to continue that way.
Depends what you mean by 'open'. If it is only the text which is of
importance to you then 'strings' (in the binutils package) will more
than likely give you that.
Interestingly, despite its name and package description, word2x is
capable of producing formatted text from a .wps file.
Brian.
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