How to open older document of unknown origin
I have several old word processing files that won't open with anything I have: Word, Pages, TextEdit, etc. When I try to open in TextEdit all I get is extensive paragraphs of gibberish.
These are old. I believe I might have been using Nisus at the time.
Any ideas on how I can open these?
If you're pretty sure that they're Nisus files, about the only option you have is to go to Nisus.com, download their free trial of Nisus Writer Pro or Nisus Writer Express, and see if it will open and save older Nisus files.
Here's what's in their support FAQs:
What happens to my old Nisus documents in the new version? Will Nisus Writer Express be able to read them?
Nisus Writer Express is able to read the text layer of your classic Nisus Writer documents.
If, by chance, you open an older Nisus Writer Classic file (any file created by Nisus Writer version 3.4 (which still runs in OS 9) through 6.5), we call it untitled on purpose so as to protect your earlier work. Give the file a new name and leave the old one on your hard drive for a later version of Nisus Writer Express.
As we add features to Nisus Writer Express, those Nisus Writer Classic documents that used those features (for example: graphics on the graphics layer and cross references) will open correctly in Nisus Writer Express.
Thank you for your patience.
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