works document conversion

[joko]

i used to have vista and now im on win7, so i have a lot of documents that now wont open...i have got open office installed but its quite confusing to try to open a simple word style doc and convert it to a readable format

is there some way i can just change all works docs into word with just a right click or something

thanks

[ChuckFickens]

Pretty sure OO will open works stuff fine.

Right click on any works file, select open with > select default program and then select open office, make sure there is a tick in "always use this program" then click ok.

[Vagrant]

Not with just a right click, no,
But in OpenOffice Word processor, try File-> Wizards -> Document Converter.
This will convert whole folders of documents from one format to another.

[joko]

yes chuck it will but it brings up about 30 options and every one i try just opens a garbled page instead...just can't find the right one

any ideas?

[Huderon]

You could try converting them to Word format at http://www.zamzar.com/ - they include .wps and .wks (document and spreadsheet formats) in their list of file types which can be converted

[galeck1947]

You don't need to use Open Office when you can get Microsoft Office APPS for free on line from the Microsoft website. This is a cut down version of 2010 Microsoft Office and will do all that you need to open your documents.