[Gloucs] Old WordPerfect files

[Geoff Bagley]

My sincere thanks for the several replies to my query.
I have been able to load and  format  a WP51 file using both Kate 
(result in .txt)  and OpenOffice
(result in .odt).  In both cases there was a lot of editing and pruning 
to do.

I think that the Corel version of WordPerfect was not backwards 
compatible -
at least, the one I tried a few years ago was not.

How about a "reveal codes"  option on modern word processors ?

Best regards to all,

Geoff.

Stilman Davis wrote:
> I believe Corel did a Unix version of WP. Perhaps you might be able to 
> get a copy.
>
> Regards,
> Stilman Davis
>   
>> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:42:49 +0000
>> From: Geoff Bagley <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com>
>> Subject: [Gloucs] Old WordPerfect files.
>> To: Gloucestershire LUG <gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>> Message-ID: <4912D839.8080804 at btinternet.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> Way back in the dim and distant past when the Tiger Moth was only a 
>> caterpillar,
>> I used to use WordPerfect 5.1 (which was very good)  on an old 286 machine.
>>
>> I still have a lot of old files on floppies, which I would like to read.
>>
>> Please what is the best way to read old  Windows3.11/WP51  files on a 
>> Debian GNU/Linux machine ?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Geoff.
>>
>>
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