Word perfect

Roger Oberholtzer roger
Mon May 17 11:59:04 PDT 2004


On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 09:18:26 -0500
Leon Goldstein <metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> 
> >Thanks. This license was accepted. I do have (I think) the Filtrix stuff
> >installed. But I get the error:
> >
> >	Filtrix was unable to convert this file.
> 
> Filtrix is not installed.  You need to be root/SU, and the command is
> ./install.sh /opt/wp8(I am relying on memory for the path to the Caldera
> RPM WP8 installation.)

I have since done this. The docs open fine and can be exported. However, the
results are less than good.

> I did some tests on .wpd documents I converted to Word with WP8.1 (same
> Filtrix as WP8). In Linux, only Text Maker would provide anything
> readable.  SO6, OO, Kword and Abiword could not open my .wpd to .doc
> converted file. However, I transfered the file to Windows, and MS Word
> opened the converted file perfectly and without hesitation.  Windows
> versions of Abiword, StarOffice and Gobe Productive could not open it
> either.

I see the same thing. It will be Word that I use to do the conversions.

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