Reading M$ Works files with Kubuntu Linux

Dave · Post by **Dave** » 2005-12-28 11:34pm

My mother needs to be able to read and modify files we dragged off of the Windows partition, but OpenOffice can't read them
(General Input/Output error).

Does anyone know of an application that will read "Works" files for Linux?

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2005-12-29 01:26am

Copy them over to a Windows computer w/ MSOffice somewhere and save them out to the appropriate format?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-12-29 01:41am

God, Works. They still make that?! Barf.

Last time I used it was in 1998.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » 2005-12-29 12:22pm

Yes, M$ still makes Works as a cheap alternative to Office.

I have a friend that has Works, so he could convert them to RTF documents, but "the powers that be" insist it should be done locally.
Any recommendations?

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2005-12-29 10:54pm

You could try running the MS works converter under WINE...