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by downon

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I have OFFICE 2000

When I try to open the .wks files it opens in Excel but there are squares in the cells with the data

I need these .wks files to open in Excel

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by jschein

.wks in not Office 2000...

This is a MS WORKS File. Please OPEN MS WORKS and open that file, then do a SAVE AS to a format in which word will open.

If not, dig into your pocket and pay for a converter program

by sgt_shultz

well, open Excel first, then open the wks file, make sure the File Type in the Open dialog box is set to wks (Microsoft Works 2.0). but i think you will probably get the same poor result. we are led to believe it will work but it doesn't.
you probably will need to get your hands on Works 2.0 or later and try resaving the file i a format that Excel can swallow. I have not Works here, so can't tell you which format will work. Suggest trying tab delimited, comma delimited, SYLK or maybe dbf. or Excel, naturally (smile)

by ann777

The *.wks files may also be Lotus 123 data files. You should be able to open them via Excel's File --> Open --> and try the Works 2.0 first and if it fails then try the Lotus 123 *.wk? format.

One of these should open the spreadsheet properly.

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