Kathleen, If you search the web you can find WordPerfect for as low as $13.00 plus shipping. If WP will do the job that would be the least cost solution. Jim dolphin213 wrote: > Kathleen, > > The wpt format is currently used by WordPerfect for a template file. > It was also, as you noted , used by Brother Word Processors. > > If you know someone who has WordPerfect, I would suggest you let them > try to open the file and see if it works. I could do this for you, if > you are willing to send me the file off-list. > > The other option is a conversion program, as you mentioned. In > searching the web, I found one that will do the job. It is not cheap > (cost $149). Here is the link: http://www.acii.com/wpt.htm > > Take care, > > Art > >> My mother never made it to the computer age, but she did enjoy her >> Brother Word Processor. She passed away recently and I've found a >> box full of disks with files she created that I'd like to access, put >> into MSWord format and share with the family. >> >> When I try to access the disks on my PC(XP), I can see that the files >> are in .wpt format. I can also open them with Notepad, but I get a >> ton of garbage around the data. >> >> Can anyone recommend some sort of conversion software (at a >> reasonable price!) to get these files in a usable format? >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> Kathleen Craine >> Chicago > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to > GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the > body of the message. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >