[Novalug] how to open an old file made by Quattro Pro

Nino R. Pereira ninorpereira@gmail.com
Fri Sep 28 09:10:58 EDT 2012


List,

Since I'm always boasting to my colleagues that linux can do all kinds 
of things way beyond
Windows, a colleague of mine sent me a challenge: open a file with 
extension wbl,
ostensibly made with Quattro Pro some 15 years ago.

Any suggestions? I tried OpenOffice of course, but this didn't work. 
'file' tells me it's
a Lotus 123 file. This is an old Windows spreadsheet program, correct?

pereira@steve:~$ file 602W99.WB1
602W99.WB1: Lotus 1-2-3

Any suggestions?

Thank you,

Nino





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