How to Open Microsoft Works With Word

Microsoft Works is the smaller cousin of Microsoft Office. Works is not as expensive as the full Office suite yet it still contains a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database management system that might be sufficient for your business needs. If you plan on sending a Works file to someone who has Microsoft Word, you can save the file as a DOC file. If you have received a Works WPS file and need to open it in Microsoft Word, you can download a free Works 6-9 Converter from Microsoft, install it and then open the file.

Save a Works Document for Word

1. Open the Works document.
2. Click "File" and "Save As." Type a name in the "File Name" field, if necessary.
3. Click on the down arrow in the "Save as Type" field. Select "Word 97-2000 & 6.0/95 - RTF (.doc)" or "Word 97-2003 (.doc)" and then click "Save." Your filename should change and have a DOC file extension.
4. Click "File" again and then click "Close." Once you have closed the file, you can now open it in Word.

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