Saving in Works and Opening in Word
If you are working in Microsoft Works and need to bring the file to school and open in Microsoft Word, use this procedure to save your document.
The problem: The *.wps extension on the MS Works file is not recognized by MS Word.
The fix:
Save your document as an "doc" file. (*.doc extension)
How to do this:
When ready to save your work, go to File - Save As:
Three steps:
- At the top of the "Save as" dialogue box choose the location to save the file.
- At the bottom of the dialogue box choose a name for the file.
- Also, at the bottom of the dialogue box choose the save as type (file type). If you choose "doc" then MS Word should recognize it here at school.
NOTE: doc might be listed as WORD DOCUMENT in the Save As type dialogue box.
*Another format that might be acceptable is "rtf", Rich Text Format, if .doc is not available.