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Answer» Yesterday I upgraded to XP from 98se, and I can't get my OLD 6.0 Wordpad DOCUMENTS to work in XP's Wordpad. It says "can not load Word for Windows 6.0 files"
I don't have Microsoft word 2000 or anything like that, is there a way to make my 6.0 documents work in the new version of Wordpad?
Thanks,
JonJon,
If you have a reasonably good internet connection, download OpenOffice.org, the free OFFICE suite. It will solve all of your problems are provide you with so many extra facilities. You won't regret it.gmcfan, I believe you've got some erroneous statements in your post. There is no "6.0 Wordpad", so I presume you're talking about Word 6.0. Is that right?
I can open Word 2003 documents with Windows XP Wordpad. So, I would think you can open those Word 6.0 files. When you open Wordpad and then click on the open icon, you should see an option in the "Files of type:" box for "Word for Windows (*.doc)". If you don't see that, try All Documents (*.*) to view your Word 6.0 files and try to open them.robpomeroy-I have dialup, but that's never stopped me from downloading large files before [smiley=cool.gif]
As for word 6.0, I get this when I try to load one
This is what happens regardless of what I select in the File Type box.
JonDon't know what your problem is there. Years ago, I used Office 4.3, which consisted of Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, Access 2.0, etc. I found some old Word 6.0 files on a floppy and opened them with Wordpad with no problem.
What does this mean: "robpomeroy-I have dialup, but that's never stopped me from downloading large files before"? You could not download it, or you haven't tried but still intend to, or what?
This may be another alternative: Microsoft Word 97/2000 ViewerI'd guess the file you are trying to load is an old .wps file from Works for Windows or sililar.
Do you have the old original software that you used to create the file, it will run quiet well on XP, I'm still using Works for Windows from 3.11 and it runs like a rocket.
If you have TE old original software you could then save it as a different format that you can then open.Quote robpomeroy-I have dialup, but that's never stopped me from downloading large files before [smiley=cool.gif] Great. It's 70 megs or so, so make sure you use something that can resume downloads. You're looking at 4+ hours to download, I would guess.
The other suggestions in this thread are also good alternatives, if you're in more of a rush, but I THOUGHT you might appreciate the full office software while you were at it. I got it downloaded, took 6 1/2 hours at 49.9 bps. It went smoothly, didn't have to resume the download or anything, which is odd, because it usually does quit right in the middle. I'll install it tomorrow, too tired to do it now lol
JonGolly. You might benefit from an MD5 check, just to ensure that nothing was lost/corrupted during the download. Or you could just attempt the install and hope for the best...Forgot about this thread for a while lol
I got it installed and it works perfectly!
Thanks fellas!
JonVery glad to hear it. There's one thing that's undeniable about OpenOffice.org. It's ridiculously good value for money.
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