I have a file that was sent by e-mail from Microsoft Works. Unfortunately, I only have Microsoft Word. When I try to open it, it just shows a bunch of nonsense characters. What can I do?
2006-11-05 09:58:30 · 3 answers · asked by Chicken7065 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Works and Word are two entirely different programs.
What the sender should have done is save the Works as a txt file. Can you ask the sender to open the file, use "save as" and save as the filetype txt.
2006-11-05 11:58:08 · answer #1 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can't open a .wks in Word. Microsft has a converter, but I couldn't make it work. Maybe you will have better luck.
-MM
Or ask the sender to save as a .txt and re-send.
2006-11-05 19:45:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought Works was a lower form of Excel, not Word. Do you have/ can you try Excel to open it?
2006-11-05 18:45:38 · answer #3 · answered by William K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋