HELP!!! I need to save a journal...what extension do I use?
By coffeebreak
@coffeebreak (17798)
United States
January 3, 2011 12:23pm CST
I have a very long journal that I have been keeping on my HP Windows XP MicroSoft Works word processing program. I have been keeping it on my C: drive, not My Documents
Works extension is .wps (as opposed to .txt or .doc etc)
WWhile sendig my husbands resumes out, I was asked many times to send in in .DOC, .PDF or .TXT. I didn't know about any of those. But I tried to save the resume with one of those specific extensions...and it saved it as that name, but when I'd open the resume under that extension...it was SAVED as .wps, not the other. THe other extension was saved only as part of the name, it was not the extention saved as.
So now that I have my journal...it is saved as .wps. I want to save my journal on a CD so my family has it when I go "yonder". However, not everyone has or even heard of .wps extension and if they don't have MicroSoft Works on their PC, they won't be able to read the CD.
So question is....How do I save this journal with a more common extension so that it will be able to be open it on the CD no matter what word processing program one has? Is there a "universal" program/extension out there that anyone can use? I'd hate to have this whole journal be a waste of time as no one will be able to read it. It is already couple 100 pages long and quite a bit of important information on it.
Anyone have a solution to my problem? Also, you all should know.. I am a "....for dummies" kind of person...the simpler the explanation the better and I am not real computer illiterate, but no where new a computer wiz, so again...simple terms if you can
Thank you all very much.
2 responses
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
3 Jan 11
You need to choose File/Save As ... and choose the File Type from the drop-down list. You may choose whatever formats are available but the most universal format is .RTF (Rich Text Format). This is readable by most word processors and has some limited formatting, such as different font sizes, bold, italic, underline, left, centred and right alignment.
Save it first on your hard drive and then copy it to your CD.
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@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
3 Jan 11
I did that... that is why I say...it only saved that .rtf as part of the name, not as the style of document.
I'm not to concerned about the resumes...have figure how to work around that part, but the journal is the one that I need to make sure it is saved properly.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
4 Jan 11
The Save As ... dialog is exactly the same for most programs (because it's a .dll file which is used by most Windows programs). The only things that change with different programs is the selection of file types that the program can convert to.
I suggest that you try it now, following my instructions exactly. From your description, it is quite clear that you did not, in fact, change the file type in the 'Save as type' box. I did not spend the last 15 years of my working life supporting Microsoft products (including Works) for nothing!
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
4 Jan 11
You will find, by the way, that Works does not have Adobe PDF (*.pdf) as an option. In order to convert a file to PDF you would need a separate program. We can deal with that later, if you want. I want to be sure, first, that you can get your journal saved as a Rich Text Format file (and can successfully open it afterwards with Windows Write, which uses RTF as the default).
@coffeebreak (17798)
• United States
3 Jan 11
I was emailing the resumes as an attachment and would get a response saying "could you please send it in WORD or .doc format" I didn't know how to do that so I just sent it within the email saying, I don't have that program so here it is" (basically)
