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Franca · 03-01-2005, 12:54 PM

Posting this for the "other half". He is still using Word 97. He hasn't changed anything within the program and suddenly his WordStar filters aren't working. This is a Big Problem because he has zillions of vintage WordStar files that he needs to dip into occasionally. When I first found the WS converters for him (year? ago) I suggested that he convert the whole lot to Word format ASAP, but this never happened ... and now here we are with a crisis. Any ideas? Could the switch to XP or XP SP2 have done it? I'm not exactly sure when it stopped working.

fhaber · 03-01-2005, 04:18 PM

I haven't heard of any other synchronous occurences of this "anti-WordStar virus." I do know that Office 2003 dropped the WordStar import filter, and the filter for XP/2002 (Win) has become very hard to find.

The gurus at wopr.com have been helpful to me on obscure topics like this.

Franca · 03-01-2005, 05:24 PM

OK, I'm ignorant - what (or who <g>) is wopr.com?

fhaber · 03-02-2005, 12:48 PM

WOPR is "Woody's Office (somethingorother)," a set of addins for MS Office. They have a "Lounge" with a board for Word. They've been very helpful to me there.

"Woody" ?Leonhard is another name from the "old days" on CIS. The site is run mostly by other folks, now.

Steve Rindsberg · 03-01-2005, 07:11 PM

The MS newsgroups are a great resource for this kind of thing and some of the Word people are first rate:

There's a web face to the newsgroup:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx

or you can use a newsreader on msnews.microsoft.com

Franca · 03-01-2005, 07:22 PM

Thank you, Steve! Setting up Gravity right now....

LoisWakeman · 03-02-2005, 01:36 AM

Franca, have a look here:

http://www.wordstar.org/wordstar/pages/convert_faq.htm

Franca · 03-02-2005, 11:01 AM

Thanks, Lois! Looks like there may not be any newer MS converters than the ones we've got ... but there are a number of other options to investigate, including some sort of conversion utility that supposedly came in the WS 7 box. Which we may or may not still have lying around, but it's worth going on a quick 'treasure hunt'.

03-01-2005, 12:54 PM	#1
Franca Staff Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Monterey Bay area, CA Posts: 2,228	Bit of a Long Shot.... Posting this for the "other half". He is still using Word 97. He hasn't changed anything within the program and suddenly his WordStar filters aren't working. This is a Big Problem because he has zillions of vintage WordStar files that he needs to dip into occasionally. When I first found the WS converters for him (year? ago) I suggested that he convert the whole lot to Word format ASAP, but this never happened ... and now here we are with a crisis. Any ideas? Could the switch to XP or XP SP2 have done it? I'm not exactly sure when it stopped working. __________________ .. ..Franca ..

03-01-2005, 05:24 PM	#3
Franca Staff Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Monterey Bay area, CA Posts: 2,228	OK, I'm ignorant - what (or who <g>) is wopr.com? __________________ .. ..Franca ..

03-01-2005, 07:11 PM	#5
Steve Rindsberg Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,710	The MS newsgroups are a great resource for this kind of thing and some of the Word people are first rate: There's a web face to the newsgroup: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx or you can use a newsreader on msnews.microsoft.com __________________ Steve Rindsberg ==================== www.pptfaq.com www.pptools.com and stuff

03-01-2005, 07:22 PM	#6
Franca Staff Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Monterey Bay area, CA Posts: 2,228	Thank you, Steve! Setting up Gravity right now.... __________________ .. ..Franca ..

03-02-2005, 01:36 AM	#7
LoisWakeman Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Uplyme, Devon, England Posts: 1,402	Franca, have a look here: http://www.wordstar.org/wordstar/pages/convert_faq.htm __________________ Lois Wakeman http://lois.co.uk http://communicationarts.co.uk http://i4info.blog.co.uk

03-01-2005, 04:18 PM	#2
fhaber Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 160	I haven't heard of any other synchronous occurences of this "anti-WordStar virus." I do know that Office 2003 dropped the WordStar import filter, and the filter for XP/2002 (Win) has become very hard to find. The gurus at wopr.com have been helpful to me on obscure topics like this.

03-02-2005, 12:48 PM	#4
fhaber Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 160	WOPR is "Woody's Office (somethingorother)," a set of addins for MS Office. They have a "Lounge" with a board for Word. They've been very helpful to me there. "Woody" ?Leonhard is another name from the "old days" on CIS. The site is run mostly by other folks, now.

03-02-2005, 11:01 AM	#8
Franca Staff Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Monterey Bay area, CA Posts: 2,228	Thanks, Lois! Looks like there may not be any newer MS converters than the ones we've got ... but there are a number of other options to investigate, including some sort of conversion utility that supposedly came in the WS 7 box. Which we may or may not still have lying around, but it's worth going on a quick 'treasure hunt'. __________________ .. ..Franca ..

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