[Gllug] Reading M$ files

[John Edwards]

On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 07:26:23PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We've been handed a Microsoft Works 2000 file, extension .wdb

I thought that Word 2000 still used the same .doc extension and 
file format as Word 97.

".wdb" is not listed as a recognised file extension on my NT4 
virtual machine with Office 2000.

> Nothing (abiword, StarOffice, ...) seems to want to read it.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas?
> 
> cheers,Rich.

Try "string FILENAME | less" to look at the ASCII dump and search for 
some thing like (Word.Document.8), indicating Word v8 (aka Word 97).

If you can't figure it out you could always return to sender and ask 
for something in English (or ASCII).

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