mkengel Posted February 20, 2008 at 11:08 AM Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 at 11:08 AM How can I read a Word Perfect file ? If I try to open it with MSWord or OpenOffice, it is not readable. It contains Chinese and German characters. Thank you. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 20, 2008 at 12:36 PM Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 at 12:36 PM Pardon this post as it offers no solution. I just find it surprising that wordperfect is still being used. I think it is an obsolete software. If it is not obsolete, please also forgive my ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltownfart Posted February 20, 2008 at 01:28 PM Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 at 01:28 PM When u opened the file in word, did u select the "Type" that corresponds to your file? e.g. Word Perfect 5.x ,Word Perfect 6.x... I think Word Perfect also uses the .doc file extension, perhaps that may be the cause of your problem...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 20, 2008 at 01:31 PM Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 at 01:31 PM Assuming it's nothing confidential, upload it here (may need to zip or rar it if it's an unusual extension) and we'll all have a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkengel Posted February 20, 2008 at 02:21 PM Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 at 02:21 PM These are old files . Unfortunately, I don't have the permission to upload them; it is a book where the author allowed me to copy the Chinese-German translations which it contains. Thanks for your comments. Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senzhi Posted February 20, 2008 at 04:58 PM Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 at 04:58 PM Michael, I think this might help you out, depending on the version of your current MS Office software and the version of Word Perfect: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP052742911033.aspx Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuehanHao Posted February 21, 2008 at 01:56 AM Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 at 01:56 AM I have been a regular user of Wordperfect and have the software. Although it has certain weaknesses, overall I would rate it above the more well-known competitor (aside from the unfortunate fact that nobody else uses it). For one thing, unlike the version of the competitor's software I have, WP allows the option of saving a file to pdf directly in the program. Maybe if the original poster can find a friend who has WP X3, s/he could save these files as pdf for him to view? Sorry if that is no mean feat... 约翰好！ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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