Opening WordPerfect documents in OpenOffice

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:

1. Have the most current version of OpenOffice installed
2. Start OpenOffice Writer
3. Click File –> Open
4. 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.

• OpenOffice User Forums
• Working with Microsoft Works WP and Corel WordPerfect files

 

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