Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - , No comments

Korean MS Word clones

UPDATED 8.14.2013 - Includes link to MS Office - HWP conversion program download. :-)

I get school documents made in .hwp format all the time.  I guess it is quite comfortable for Korean to use, but I usually have to bother someone to re-save it as a .doc before I can use it.  I have found two ways to get around this:

1.  There is a .hwp reader made by the people who made the original Hansoft Word clone. (original clone? ㅋㅋㅋ)  The download link is here.  It really saves a lot of hassle and lowers the KAF!  The download button is actually just below the green button.  "다운로드".  It is a big file around 120mb.  It covers their office suite: a word clone, an excel clone, and a powerpoint clone.  Two problems: you can't copy and paste text and put it into another program for editing - it is truly "read only" and it also has banner advertisements on the bottom. 

2.  When I need to edit something using Microsoft Office 2010, I can open it using a newly released (2013) converter program from Microsoft.com. The download link is here.  It is tested and works just fine! 

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