windows works

[alan47]

my grandaughter sends me stuff from her computer, she has no ink in her printer. I think shes on windows works. I'm on ms office but cant print her stuff off because when I open it, it is all squares and gobbeldy gook. how can I get my computer to open it .
tia

[squarebear]

If she's using Works and your using Office then unless she is able to save it as an Office compatible file or a text file, you can't.

It's like trying to open a Word document in Excel. Granted they are both by Microsoft but the two are completely different.

[Huderon]

The squares and gobbledegook are formatting instructions for MS Works.

If you were to open the file in Notepad and have a look, you'd find your granddaughter's text in there. You could edit out the rubbish in Notemad, then copy and paste into Word and do a bit or reformatting before printing it if she is desperate.

It might be worth asking her if Works can save a file in RTF format (if memory serves it can, but I haven't used it for so long I've forgoten). Again I'm not certain, but I'm fairly sure Word can open RTF files, and that being the case you could then print them for her

[vehelpfulguy]

Does this help ?

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP01188 1161033.aspx

Also, a look round the web seems to indicate she may be able to save the file in Word format.

Ask her to open the file in Works, select Save As, choose Word (or DOC) format, then save it.

If she sends that to you it may work.

If you can tell me what version of Works she is on, and what version of Office you are on, we may be able to find more detailed instructions.

[vehelpfulguy]

Also maybe this will help, an article from Microsoft about Works and Office working together.

http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/more/w orktogether.mspx

[vehelpfulguy]

The article I pointed to above seems to indicate the Works user can save a Works document in Word format. That article says

1) In the Works program, click File, and then click Save As.

2) In the Save as type list, click the appropriate Office program. For a Works Word Processor document, click Word 97-2003 (*.doc) or Word 2007 (*.docx).

3) Open the file in Office!

[kempie]

As mentioned by vehelpfulguy, knowledge of which versions of Works and Office are involved could prove useful.

Office 2000 can natively (via the File Open... dialog) open Works 4.0 for Windows filetype.

Office 2007 can also, along with Works 6.0 - 9.0 filetypes (don't know why Works 2000 (i.e 5.0) is omitted)

Office XP and Office 2003 were released between the two suites listed above so both *should* support multiple versions of Works.

[alan47]

Thanks to all who subscribed. Info will also help with attached stuff from an uncle in Canada.

Ta