One of today's callers was having problems getting WordPerfect documents to open in the OpenOffice Writer word processor. The best thing to try is:
- Have the most current version of OpenOffice installed
- Start OpenOffice Writer
- Click File –> Open
- Change the file type to WordPerfect, then find and double-click the document
Here are some resources for more information on opening WordPerfect docs in OpenOffice.
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