[PLUG] .mpk files

[Fred James]

Rich Shepard wrote:
>    I was sent a file with the .mpk extention and need to determine whether it
> can be viewed or converted on a linux host. My Google search suggests that
> it's a type of Microsoft Project file.
>
>    Has anyone here seen or worked with this type of file before? It seems to
> me that every time an open source project develops the ability to open a
> proprietary Microsoft format, work with it, and save it in a different
> format Microsoft changes that format to make it more opaque.
>
> Rich
>   
It has been a while and a few versions of MS and OOo since I have done 
this, but I used to have good success opening MS project with OOo ... 
but not so good going the other way ... sigh
Regards
Fred James