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Posted to users@openoffice.apache.org by Don Daugherty <dd...@sunflower.com> on 2013/03/21 22:02:16 UTC
Re: Opening .wk1 files
On 2/17/2013 6:02 PM, Merrill Medansky wrote:
> I downloaded and installed Apache Open Office, tried using it to open my
> old .wk1 files, and did not get an error message but the files did not
> open. I then discovered that my .wk1 files have all been converted to
> OpenOffice files. Now what am I supposed to do to open the files? Nothing
> seems to work.
>
> Thanks,
> Merrill Medansky
>
I think .wk1 is an old QuattroPro extension. If so open it in some
version of that program and SaveAs a .xls, which Calc can then open.
Be forewarned tho, that the conversion may be imperfect -- some
QuattroPro functions have no exact Excel equivalent.
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Re: Opening .wk1 files
Posted by Robyn Jamison <ro...@gmail.com>.
I’m not an expert, but I would try emailing them to yourself and then opening them from there.
robyn
On Mar 21, 2013, at 4:02 PM, Don Daugherty wrote:
On 2/17/2013 6:02 PM, Merrill Medansky wrote:
> I downloaded and installed Apache Open Office, tried using it to open my
> old .wk1 files, and did not get an error message but the files did not
> open. I then discovered that my .wk1 files have all been converted to
> OpenOffice files. Now what am I supposed to do to open the files? Nothing
> seems to work.
>
> Thanks,
> Merrill Medansky
>
I think .wk1 is an old QuattroPro extension. If so open it in some version of that program and SaveAs a .xls, which Calc can then open.
Be forewarned tho, that the conversion may be imperfect -- some QuattroPro functions have no exact Excel equivalent.
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