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hildy89 ([personal profile] hildy89) wrote2005-02-24 10:06 pm

Computer cluelessness

Okay, dumb question, how do you convert Word Perfect files to MS Word? I'm trying to get at one of my old stories and it keeps prompting for the disk, which I can't find. Is there another way around?

[identity profile] hildy.livejournal.com 2005-02-25 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's the install disk it wanted. I'll have to rummage around and see if I can find it. At least I hope Dell included it with all the others.

Fortunately I still have my ancient copy of Word Perfect 5.1 installed on the old laptop. Say what I will about obsolete technology, but it uses Dos prompts, so if Windows gets screwed up, I can still use it! File is mostly saved. Now whether the story itself can be saved may be a different critter...