Converting Lotus Wordpro files to MSWord 2007

My in-laws got a new computer running Vista and bought MS Office Home and Student 2007 so they could have a word processing program. Their old 98 machine had a program called Lotus WordPro for word processing. I burned their documents (.lwp extension) onto a cd and am hoping to transfer them to the new computer. I remember a number of years ago when I bought a new computer that had a version of Word and was able to transfer documents from an older computer that had been created in Word Perfect. If I remember correctly, Word was able to convert the Word Perfect documents so they could be opened and used. I was hoping to be able to do the same with these Lotus WordPro documents for my in-laws. They have a lot of stuff in this format that is very important to them, like family trees, etc.
Any advice on this would be appreciated.

 

Don't know if Keyview will install with Vista. As it says 98 & NT. If you just want to view the files you can download Keyview. Keyview for Lotus is a freely distributed program for viewing Lotus documents. http://www.manitoulintransport.com/downloads_forms/key_view.html

 

I ran into the same problem when I replaced my Win 98 system with a Win XP system. I found the easiest solution was to install Lotus Smart Suite on the new XP system. I was going to suggest that this may be your best solution, but then I found this page;
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http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=479&uid=swg21253536

Vista:
The newest Windows operating system, Vista, is being released in both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit versions.

-- While no major compatibility issues have been reported when running SmartSuite or Organizer on the Vista 32-bit (x86) version, these applications are not supported by IBM/Lotus Product Development on the Vista platform.

-- The 64-bit version Vista does not allow proper functionality because of the legacy computer code within SmartSuite and Organizer. Do NOT install SmartSuite or Organizer on the Vista 64-bit version.
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Good luck,
Gordon