Hi Chrissy,
The easiest way is to get hold of Microsoft Word and this will solve all the problems. Word is included in the various versions of Microsoft Office, so do check to see if you have a copy lying around.
As you are now a "student" you can get Microsoft Office at a good discount, check around, otherwise there is always the Microsoft Home and Office versions that seem relatively inexpensive.
http://www.software4...CFcJP4QodhkxGfA
Open Office (free license )
http://download.cnet...4-10263109.html
will allow you to create docs using the .doc file format and these should open Ok in Word
To try and help, I have set up a test machine, installed Works on it, created a report and saved it as a doc format and it opens just fine in Word...
I should mention though that I did not use any "fancy formatting" as sometimes the file converters do get a bit confused or are unable to convert accurately...maybe this could be the problem?
Some folks when using a Word processor just keep pressing the Enter key when they want to start a new page ( the enter key moves the cursor down and eventually you get to a new page........(The file convertors in current use sometimes cannot cope with that ....it's not the right way of doing it......... if you want to preserve the page layout then you must start a new page manually...... (CTrl +Enter in Word for example)
An extra thought for you, most folks who have Microsoft Word on their ccomputer will have no difficulty in opening your wps files, could you therefore ask them if it would be Ok for you to send them in the wps file format...?...
If they say no then I think you will be entitled to ask the question:
"you must have powerful and compelling reasons why you will not accept my work in Microsoft .wps file format, especially as Microsoft Word is capable of opening and using this file format automatically and without any extra work or keystrokes required..... would you mind telling me the reasons please?"
Some folks ask for .doc. or docx file format because they do not realise that a .wps or .rtf file format will open in Word just fine...and when they see that its no problem to them are happy to agree..... other less enlightened folk dig in their heels and insist on a .doc or .docx so you may need to accept this or take your business elsewhere ( not easy I'll admit, but its an option.
Hope this helps
If the requirement for .doc comes from your uni..then shame upon them, they should be more enlightened!..... it's worth asking them if you are entitled to a free copy of Microsoft Word...some uni's provide this as service for their students...
Regards
paws
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My pc came with microsoft works as my word processor for creating documents. It creates the documents in wps format, but to be able to send documents such as assignments or resumes, I need it to be sent as a doc or docx document. So when I save I save as docx or doc.
Now this is simple enough, but, when I do this, it all comes out as a big mess. Its not saved the same as it was in wps. For example, txt that was on one page now ends up on another page and so on.
I have tried everything to stop this from happening, have deleted parts or moved them around to create more room, but it just makes it 10 times worse 
Does anybody know how I can create the document to come out exactly the same (or at least on the same page) once saved as a doc, or better still, how I create a document as a doc instead of wps in the first place.
I have searched everywhere for the answer and find myself just going round in circles.
Sorry if this is confusing, but hey, Im totally confused myself 
and dont know what the heck Im doing wrong! lol. 
One very frustrated Chrissy!!!! 
