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From: NJ DIXON
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:28

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I need to write a program which will read a .WPS file created in the Works
word-processor and display the file on a SPARCstation with formatting, styles,
etc intact.

 I've tried looking at the contents of .WPS files with the same text but
different styles, but I can't guess what the format is. There appears to be
just a 256-byte header, followed by the plain text of the document, and a
'footer' made up of a few more codes at the end, but that's about all I know.

If some kind soul (at Microsoft perhaps?) could let me know how these .WPS
files are stored (or let me know where I can find out) it would make my life a
hell of a lot easier.

- Nick Dixon (N.J.Dixon@bradford.ac.uk)

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Subject: HELP WANTED: MS-Works file format?
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