Opening .wps file in Word 2003

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cnbtech - 23 Jun 2004 17:27 GMT

I am having trouble opening an .wps file (I believe it is
an old Works 4.0 file)in Office\Word 2003, when I first
tried to open it, it wanted to install a converter so I
did that, and it now opens up with unrecognizable text
(gibberish), I have gone through my Office setup to make
sure that all text converters are avaiable, I actually
got it to open using a repair text option, but it was not
formatted the same as the original. I am able to open it
using Office\Word XP(2002). Could it be that the Newer
version of Office no longer supports converting that old
of a file?
Please assist if possible!!
Thanks

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cnbtech - 23 Jun 2004 19:52 GMT

Never mind I found the solution on another forum.
Here is what I did for anyone having the same problem:

Hi cnbtech. You can copy the WORKS432.CNV file from the
text converter directory in Word 2002 to the text
converter directory in Word 2003. The default directory
for this file is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\TextConv, but check on both computers to see
your .CNV files are.

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