Hi Everyone,

Just got a new computer a couple of months ago.  The files on my old computer were saved from a crashed hard drive.  I have MANAGED to get a lot of them back into working order but I have some files from old programs that I can't manage to convert and was wondering if anyone KNEW of some free software that I can convert these files.  

The files in QUESTION are Lotus 123, Lotus Wordpro and Corel Quattro Pro files.  I really don't WANT to have to spend another $150.00 to purchase Microsoft Office just to convert these files.  Also, I have a few pics in Bitmap format.  Any ideas there would be greatly appreciated about conversion.

Thank you,
Kaderina   Kaderina....  you might wish to look at this link .... it shows you some alternatives.
http://www.kmfms.com/alternatives.html

convert lotus 123 ......
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Business/Word_Processing/ABC_Amber_Lotus_1_2_3_Converter.html


Hope this helps you.

dl65  Thanks dl65,

I'll give those sites a try.  

Kaderina Kaderina....what software do you have installed on the new machine that will handle text editing ?
Do you have any photo editing software installed ?

dl65  Hi dl65,

The machine has Microsoft Works.  It did have a trial version of Microsoft office but you had to purchase it to get the extra conversion tools.  Thats expired now.  My old version of Lotus won't install.  Just too old as it's a 95 version.  I'm downloading the copy of OpenOffice right now.  It looks promising.  I can let you know how it works out if your interested.

As for the photo's, I have Adobe Photoshop 5.0 but it can't seem to open the files. I lost a few pics with the failed hard drive.  It may be that they are corrupt.  I just don't know?  Back before the Microsoft Office expired, I tried to open them with Microsoft Office picture manager but it couldn't open them either.  I have a feeling they are unrecoverable.

Anyway, thanks for your assistance.  I really appreciate it.  

Kaderina  You could just download OpenOffice.org, which is the free full office suite, which can open many different formats of file.Hi dl65 and Guru,

I downloaded the OpenOffice.  I have been able to open the Lotus 123 and Bitmap photo's using this program.    This program is unable to convert the Lotus Wordpro and Corel Quattro Pro files.   :-/  Thanks for your HELP.  I appreciate your time.

Kaderina