This article shows you a comment Open a .WPS Works file on one Windows 11/10 the computer. It used to be fairly easy to convert a WPS file with MS Word (version 2003 or newer) using a free tool called Microsoft Works 6-9 File Converter (WorksConv.exeWorksConv.exe), but this tool is no longer available. Now when you try to open a WPS file in MS Word 2016 or any other version, it results in gibberish content. So what are the other ways to open a WPS file? With that in mind, we have made a list of free tools that you can use to open a WPS Works file on Windows 11/10 computer. Before that, let’s learn more about the WPS file.
What is a WPS Works file?
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LibreOffice is an open source office suite and one of the best free Microsoft Office alternative software. Similar to MS Office, it offers various products or tools like LibreOffice Writer, LibreOffice Calc, LibreOffice Draw, etc. to create and edit documents, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. So many formats are supported by this office suite and WPS is one of those formats.
With LibreOffice you can easily open and edit a WPS file. You can also Export WPS file to PDF document. Apart from that, there is also an option to save WPS files as DOCX, ODT, HTML, RTF, DOC or other format file.
Once you have this office suite installed, launch LibreOffice Writer from the search bar, Windows 11/10 operating system start menu or any other way. After that, click on the folder menu and use the option. It helps you open a WPS file from the saved folder, then you can view the contents of the WPS file on its interface. You can also start editing the WPS file (if necessary), but you cannot save it in its original format. Instead, you can make a copy of your WPS file in another supported format.
To save your WPS file in another format or export it as a PDF document, use the “File” menu and then click the “Save As” or “Export As” option.
3]Oxygen Office Professional
OxygenOffice Professional is an improved version of OpenOffice (or Apache OpenOffice). As the name suggests, it’s also an office suite with features very similar to LibreOffice. It can also help you create documents, create presentations, open and edit MS Office files, etc. with tools like Writer, Draw, Calc, etc.
This office suite can also help you open WPS files. To do this, first get this office suite from sourceforge.net. After installation, you need to open the OpenOffice.org editor. When you’re done, use the option present in the folder menu to add a WPS file.
Besides opening a WPS file, you can also export a WPS file as PDF or save the WPS file as DOC, ODT, DOCX, RTF or any other supported format. To do this, you must access the File menu and use the options available.
This tool successfully opens a WPS file, but may cause content formatting issues. For example, when I opened a test file, strikethrough formatting was automatically applied to all content. If this is the case for you too, you can press Ctrl+M hotkey or use the Default formatting option available in the Format menu to get rid of it.
POINT : If you’re having trouble opening a WPS file with these tools, it’s probably a WPS Writing Document format file, which also uses the *.wps extension or file type. In this case, you need to install WPS Office on your Windows 11/10 computer and use WPS Office Editor to open this WPS file.
4]WPS converter
WPS Converter is free software available for Windows 11/10. This is not a direct way to view or open a WPS file, but is useful if you later receive a copy of your original WPS file as an SMS or HTML file to view the contents of your WPS file. This tool doesn’t let you set formatting, font, etc. for file conversion, but you’ll get a good result quickly.
To use this tool, download the setup from wpsconverter.com. Install the tool and open its interface. Thereafter :
- Use the button to add a WPS file
- Select HTML or SMS as the output format
- Click the Save button to select the output folder or location
- press the Convert button.
The conversion process is fast and saves the output file in the destination folder you defined.
5]WPS to WORD Converter
WPS to WORD Converter is a free online tool that can convert a WPS Works file to DOCX or DOC file format. So if you want to open a WPS file in MS Word, this is a good tool as it allows you to output in Microsoft Word’s native format.
You can use this tool to convert multiple WPS files into Word documents. Also, the maximum file size that can be used with the free plan is 1 Go, which is more than enough.
You can open the homepage of this tool from freeconvert.com. After opening this tool, do the following:
There are a few options that can help you open a WPS file created with Microsoft Works. You can either use an office suite like LibreOffice to open a WPS file or convert a WPS file to SMS, HTML, DOCX or DOC format using freeware or an online tool and then save the file open from the output with a supported application. We made a list of all these tools that can help you open or view a WPS file. Check out the list above and see which one is right for you.
Can I convert a WPS file to Word?
Yes, you can easily convert a WPS file to a Word document. You also have the choice of receiving the output in DOCX or DOC format. To do this, you can use a few WPS to Word Converter Free Online Tool. One of these tools is also covered by us in this post above. Just upload a WPS file from your computer or any other platform supported by the conversion tool you are using and use the Convert button to process the input and get the output file.
I hope this helps you.
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