Microsoft KB Archive/37180

Works: Using the File Conversion Utility PSS ID Number: Q37180 Article last modified on 04-29-1991 PSS database name: D_WorKs

1.00 1.05 2.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

The file conversion utility, WPTOWP.EXE, converts files between the following four formats:


 * 1) Microsoft Works
 * 2) Microsoft Word
 * 3) Microsoft Interchange Rich Text Format (RTF)
 * 4) IBM Document Content Architecture (DCA) Revisable-Form-Text (RFT)

More Information:

In Works versions 1.00 and 1.05, WPTOWP.EXE should be run outside of Works. Start the utility by typing WPTOWP, then follow the screen prompts to convert a file.

This utility for Works 1.x is available from Microsoft Customer Service by calling (800) 426-9400 or (206) 936-8661 (for international customers only).

In Works 2.00, file conversion is built into the program and accessed by the Convert command on the File menu. The conversion utility that the File Convert command uses, WPTOWP.EXE, is available by calling Microsoft Customer Service at (800) 426-9400 or (206) 936-8661 (for international customers only).

This file is also available in the Software/Data Library by searching on the filename WKSCONV, the Q number of this article, or S12112. WKSCONV was archived using the PKware file-conversion utility. \softlibproj

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.