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File with a .WPS extension contains a text document with no advanced formatting, created in the Microsoft Works software. This format is no longer developed since the year 2006 – it has been substituted with the DOC standard, and MS Works is no longer distributed since the year 2010. The universal, multi-platform, free office software – LibreOffice, is comprised of the Writer program which supports the WPS files.
WPS files can be also opened in a variety of programs, depending on system. For MS Windows it may be MS Word or Publisher, or a program which will convert it into another format, such as Microsoft Works 6-9 File Converter. In Mac OS – the NeoOffice since the 2.2 version with the libwps libraries, and in the Unix type systems also different types of office package programs, provided they have the libwps library installed. File can be also converted into ODT format using wps2odt.
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WPS file is a text document file generated by Microsoft Works word processor. WPS files are designed to store formatted text, but images, cliparts or tables can also be stored in WPS files.
Simple text documents
WPS format doesn’t support more advanced formatting options or macros. Therefore, WPS files can be used only for creating basic text documents, for example, notes, sreadsheets, data from databases, or documents that don’t need more complicated formatting and effects.
DOC as the successor to WPS
Microsoft no longer develops WPS format since 2006, when they introduced more versatile and modern format, DOC, which became Microsoft Word’s standard document format. Both formats are quite similar to each other, but DOC allows for creating more advanced text documents and offers many more features than its predecessor.
Dedicated library
A dedicated C++ library for WPS files, libwps, allows editing and saving WPS documents using programs such as OxygenOffice or NeoOffice.
