Re: [libreoffice-users] LWP documents

On 01/30/2012 05:11 PM, Gregory Forster wrote:
> On 1/28/2012 1:10 AM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> > On 01/26/2012 06:30 PM, Gregory Forster wrote:
> > > How do I open LotusWord Pro documents?  When I click on the document 
> > > in Windows Explorer, I get a blank screen.  When I enter LibreOffice 
> > > and open the document, I get a blank screen. In LibreOffice, I 
> > > File/Open, change the file selection to Lotus WordPro document 
> > > (*.lwp), select the file and still get a blank screen.
> > >
> > > Greg
> > Can you post the file on nabble? A brief check indicates that *.lwp 
> > files should open in LO/OOo.
> I wasn't quite sure how to navigate nabble. I'm not talking of one 
> file, I'm talking of hundreds and hundreds of Lotus WordPro 
> documents.  My client's 3rd Lotus WordPro installation floppy disk 
> corrupted, so he cannot install his Lotus WordPro.  However, he wants 
> to be able to access his Lotus WordPro documents.  I understood by the 
> advertising on the LibreOffice web site that LibreOffice could read 
> Lotus WordPro documents, that it was a "new feature" for 3.4.5 It was 
> also posted as a "new feature" for3.3 I was just at the LibreOffice 
> web site and since my posting of this question, now the ability to 
> read Lotus WordPro documents is no longer there for 3.4.5, as well as 
> being able to read other types of documents.  However, under the new 
> features of 3.3 IS the ability to read Lotus WordPro documents.  So I 
> downloaded the provided sample.  LibreOffice read that sample fine, 
> but still won't read true LWP documents. I used 3.3 and downloaded and 
> installed 3.4.5
>
> Greg
Is it possible that Lotus Symphony can read Word Pro?  You can download 
Symphony in rpm format for Linux.
--doug

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