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

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

Kathleen, I use WordPerfect, send me one of the files and I will see if it opens in WordPerfect. Jim Hills Houston TX KAC522@aol.com wrote: >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 ==== >Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: >http://www.cyndislist.com > >============================== >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 > > > >