advice requested for a bit of a techy numpty

[Flying banana]

People, I would appreciate a bit of help, if you will. the computer system I work on at work uses Microsoft systems, NT, I think. It uses Microsoft Word to deal with the usual reports, etc.

Now, I frequently have a need to work at home, either on my own computer or a laptop, both of which have Windows XP home edition as the operating system.
The problem is that when I type up reports etc, the laptop does them as a .wps file, which the work system will not read. For example, today I e-mailed some documents from home to work. Opened the files on the work system, unreadable, unintelligable gobbledy-gook.

I hope this aint a stupid question, but I would appreaciate a bit of guidance as to why this is so, and ghow I can get around it, perhaps. As I said, I am a bit of a numpty past a certain stage with komputas.

Thanks in anticipation

 

[Steve]

I'm surprised Word doesn't open Microsoft Works (.wps) files. have you tried selecting MS Works as the file type in the drop-down box when opening the document in Word?

The alternative is to save your home files in Word (.doc) format in Works.

Or download the Works to Word converter here

 

[Flying banana]

Cheers, Steve.

No, the job computer will open the document, but, as I say, it shows all sorts of wierd and wonderful characters. I have tried to save the .wps document to the job computer, but it is not successful.

With reference to the download you suggest, is it the case that I can download it onto my home computer, and convert the documents on that, prior to then e-mailing them to work? Does that make sense?

 

[Steve]

If you're doing it at home, then you should be able to save them in Word format (.doc) from within Works.