On Oct 21, 2005, at 9:01 AM, Samantha Cornell wrote: > It seems that the file wasn't word perfect, but Microsoft works.Ugh. > > I wasn't able to open it with AbiWord or Neo Office, but just as > raw text in BB Edit. > > I am, however, planning to buy MacLink Plus this weekend. Much > better than buying a PC. If you plan to buy DataViz MacLinkPlus Deluxe specifically for this purpose, make sure that it will open files from your particular Microsoft Works version. I have MacLinkPlus Deluxe Version 14, which will only open and translate files from "MS Works for Windows 2.0, 3.0, 4.5, 95"