Wps To Word Doc Converter

A .WPS file is a Microsoft Works word processing document. The software has been discontinued, but there are a lot of .WPS files floating around since this was a smaller, cheaper and more lightweight alternative to MS Office. There are two different applications I use to convert a .WPS file to a .DOC file: MS Office and OpenOffice.org

The two applications are:

Conversion wps to doc type 1: Convert from Microsoft Works document to Microsoft Word document (prior version 2007). Microsoft Windows software - convert wps to doc on Windows Microsoft Word. One of the most popular word processor program from Microsoft Office suite. Most versions of Microsoft Word can open a WPS file, as well as Microsoft Publisher. Firstly, select a wps file you want to convert or drag and drop it. Secondly, select doc or any other format you want to convert your file to. Then click convert and wait until your file is converted.

Microsoft Office, being an MS product, is backwards compatible with Works in that it can open these .WPS files.
OpenOffice.org is a free MS Office alternative that can open a wide variety of file types including .WPS files.

Contents

Convert .WPS to .DOC with Microsoft Office

Start Microsoft Office
Click File.
Click Open…
Locate the Files of Type drop down box.
Change it to All Files.
Navigate to the location where your .WPS file is saved.
Choose the .WPS file and open it.
Click File.
Click Save As…
Locate the Save as type drop down box.
Change it to one of the Word Document options (*.doc).
Save the document.

Convert .WPS to .DOC with OpenOffice.org

Wps File Converter Free

If you don’t have OpenOffice.org already installed, please do so. I use NeoOffice on my Mac.

Start OpenOffice.org/NeoOffice.
Click File.
Click Open…
Locate the File Type drop down box and change it to All files (*.*).
Navigate to where your .WPS file is saved and open it.
Click File.
Click Save As…
Locate the File type drop down box.
Change it to one of the Microsoft Word options (.doc). I usually choose Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP.
Click Save.

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OpenOffice.org/NeoOffice will now convert your .WPS file to a .DOC file.

Why Convert?

You probably want to convert your Works file to a Doc file for the same reason you came searching for these instructions: Works files are obscure and hard to work with since the software has been discontinued. If you send a .WPS file to someone, odds are they will not know how to open it. By converting it to a .DOC file you increase the chances that they will be able to open and work with the file.

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Found 3 different conversion types using the same filename extensions.

First of all, latest versions of Microsoft Word (since version 2010) actually support documents (.wps) from Microsoft Works and can simply open these documents and re-save to other formats, including .doc files-

If you only have access to some previous version of Microsoft Office, you will have to download and install special Microsoft Works 6-9 File Converter that acts as plugin and allows users to open and work with Microsoft Works documents.

Open source word processors such as LibreOffice Writer or OpenOffice.org Write also may still support Microsoft Works formats and thus achieve wps to doc conversion, either directly or through some middle format.

A viable alternative presents itself in 3rd party document converters like the ABC Amber Text Converter, so these utilities may be worth a shot if you have trouble convert wps to doc.

Last option would be to get your hands on some old version of Works. It was commonly bundled together with laptops and new computers so you may have some old Works installation CD. Works allows users saving documents either as .rtf or .doc file, which is all you need.

Conversion wps to doc type 1:

Convert from Microsoft Works document to Microsoft Word document (prior version 2007).

Microsoft Windows software - convert wps to doc on Windows

Microsoft Word

One of the most popular word processor program from Microsoft Office suite

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Convert from wps file	Microsoft Works document	Yes, Microsoft Word supports wps file conversion as a source file type.	Yes	Yes	wps editor	Yes	No	No	No
to doc file	Microsoft Word document (prior version 2007)	Yes, Microsoft Word supports doc file conversion as a target file type.	Yes	Yes	doc editor	Yes	No	No	No

The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned wps to doc. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.

ABC Amber Text Converter

A text format conversion utility

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Microsoft Works document	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Word document (prior version 2007)	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

Microsoft Works 6–9 File Converter

Program used to open Works documents in Microsoft Word

File extension	File type (from-> to)	Convert	Open	Save	Edit Free recover my files software with crack.	Create	Import	Export	Extract
Microsoft Works document	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Microsoft Word document (prior version 2007)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No

Microsoft Works

An older office and productivity suite for Windows