[tassos]

I have several data floppy discs from Starwriter word processor but unable to read them in Word on my pc, advice please

[Thorian]

You may be able to open the Starwriter word processor documents with open office ( wich can be downloaded at http://www.openoffice.org) after the file is open you can then save the file in a MS .DOC file type.

If you want a small version of open office that will run from a thumb drive I cannot reccommend http://portableapps.com/ enough I run Writer off of my thumb drive

It specifies that it can save in starwriter 3.0 - 5.0 file types in open office writer you also have the ability to save in word 6 - 2003 I usually just use the 97, 2000, XP .doc file type for compatability amongst my co workers.

Hope this info helps.

[tassos]

Thorian, on 17 Sep, 2007 - 05:05 AM, said:

You may be able to open the Starwriter word processor documents with open office ( wich can be downloaded at http://www.openoffice.org) after the file is open you can then save the file in a MS .DOC file type.

If you want a small version of open office that will run from a thumb drive I cannot reccommend http://portableapps.com/ enough I run Writer off of my thumb drive

It specifies that it can save in starwriter 3.0 - 5.0 file types in open office writer you also have the ability to save in word 6 - 2003 I usually just use the 97, 2000, XP .doc file type for compatability amongst my co workers.

Hope this info helps.

[Thorian]

So did it work for you? You just quoted my post but didn't type anything else.

[tassos]

Thorian, on 24 Sep, 2007 - 10:56 AM, said:

So did it work for you? You just quoted my post but didn't type anything else.

Sorry about my blunder, new to this game, Downloaded Open Office but still drawn a blank, have attached a couple of files from Starwriter floppy disk so perhaps you could try the conversion, thanks

[Thorian]

Tassos your Attachments didnt come through.

If you want email them to me [email protected] .com

Ill open them up and save them to a word doc for ya