Reading Wordperfect 12 files on my Powerbook G4

[guatejoe]

I have used PCs, Windows, and Wordperfect for many years. This month I purhcased a Powerbook G4 and am trying to read and use my previous files. I have purchased MS Office for Educators and installed it on my G4. I am able to read and work on my Word files from my PC, but I cannot read any of my WordPerfect 12 files. Is there software I can purchase so that I can open my Wordperfect files on my G4 and convert them into Word? I am an Apple novice and need help! Thanks

 

[chemistry_geek]

AbiWord is is a free word processing program that has the ability to read WordPerfect files. Don't know if it read WordPerfect 12 files. Hope it helps.

http://www.abisource.com/

 

[chemistry_geek]

AbiWord is is a free open source word processing program that has the ability to read WordPerfect files. Don't know if it reads WordPerfect 12 files. Hope it helps.

http://www.abisource.com/

 

[guatejoe]

Thanks for the tip about AbiWord. I downloaded it and it works very well to open Word Perfect 12 files and then convert them to AbiWord or MS Word.

Good tip!