Re: [libreoffice-users] LWP documents

On 1/30/2012 5:16 PM, MiguelAngel wrote:
> El 30/01/12 23:11, Gregory Forster escribió:
> > 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
>
> I think the first versions of Lotus Symphony could read Lotus 123 y 
> Wordpro.
> You can try downloading from this link:
> http://www-03.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.nsf/home
> Select Get Lotus Symphony 1.3.
> The last version don't read Lotus files.
>
> Miguel Ángel.
>
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I clicked your link you provided, thanks.  I found a Lotus WordPro forum 
and many others seem to have that same problem. Lotus Symphony will not 
read .LWP documents. Interestingly, one person says he uses 
LibreOffice.  I'm starting to think that LibrreOffice may read a certain 
version of .LWP documents.

Greg

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