Any recommendations for recovering/converting a 1995 .doc?

[sekker]

I wonder what didn't work. I have a TON of files in .doc format.

Pages used to read .doc files better than Office...

[wowzer]

STF! I did this a few months back.

Go here: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/mac-intel.html



Success! Inside of WPMac, he has a copy of......

..........MS Word 5.1a!!!!!


The single greatest word processor program ever written!

It was able to open the files!!!!!!!

[RAMd®d]

AppleWorks

AppleWorks!

I loved that app.

For report writing at work, I had to use Word for Windows.

Not a fan.

I understand that AppleWorks had limitations and was not a true global app, but loved it all the same.

[sekker]

RAMd®d wrote:
AppleWorks

AppleWorks!

I loved that app.

For report writing at work, I had to use Word for Windows.

Not a fan.

I understand that AppleWorks had limitations and was not a true global app, but loved it all the same.

It's child, Claris Impact, was software that is still unparalleled today.