Question : Converting Lotus .MK4 files to Excel

I need to convert an old Lotus .MK4 spreadsheet file to Excel. Is there any software that works really well to convert these automatically? Also, what software can I get to just to open the .MK4 files? Is there a place to get a copy of an old version of Lotus that will do this? Thanks.

Answer : Converting Lotus .MK4 files to Excel

trimtabtech,

>I need to convert an old Lotus .MK4 spreadsheet file to Excel. Is there any software that works really well to convert these automatically?

You could use ConvertXLS from:

http://www.softinterface.com/Convert-XLS%5CConvert-XLS.htm

There are many others - just Google for them.

>Also, what software can I get to just to open the .MK4 files? Is there a place to get a copy of an old version of Lotus that will do this?

You could buy the full new retail edition of Lotus Smartsuite from a retailer like:

http://www.ecostsoftware.com/ibm-lotus/lotus-smartsuite-millennium-9-8-retail-boxed_p1842?gclid=CO_DwLmmu5kCFcQw3wodwwMP5Q

or you could buy 2nd hand on Ebay - for example:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lotus-1-2-3-Smartsuite-9-8-x-123-Windows-98-XP-SAVE_W0QQitemZ150329170432QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Software_Software_SR?hash=item150329170432&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1690|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Hope that helps

Patrick