Microsoft KB Archive/130616

Mac Works 4.0: “There is no Translator Available to Import …”

PSS ID Number: Q130616 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

4.0 4.0a 4.0b

MACINTOSH

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= SYMPTOMS =

If you save a Works for the Macintosh document as a Works for Windows file using the Works file converter, then try to open that file again in Works for the Macintosh, you may receive the following error message

There is no translator available to import the file

where is the name of your Works file.

= RESOLUTION =

You must open the file using an MS-DOS/Windows file name.

To convert the file, use the eight-character filename and three character extension convention. That method combines the first eight characters of a filename into one word, then adds a period and the correct module extension.

For example if a Word Processor file is named “My wonder word processing file” (without the quotation marks), it is renamed as “mywonder.wps” (without the quotation marks).

Works for the Macintosh can now recognize and open the file.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Extensions for Works for Windows files:

Word Processor: .WPS Database: .WDB Spreadsheet: .WKS

The Works for Windows converter is manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products’ performance or reliability.

KBCategory: kb3rdparty kbinterop kbusage kberrmsg KBSubcategory: mwksconv 3rdparty macworkskb

Additional reference words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00b converters mwkswp mwksdb mwksss m_works WinWorks

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