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jlb · Joined: 18 Sep 2003

Hi, a school sent me a contract in HWP (Hangul Word Processing I think) but it's all just giberish on my comp. Is there something I can download to help me? Thanks.

peppermint · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject:

There's a free HWP viewer here:

http://www.haansoft.com/hnc4_0/english/hangul2004_03.htm

jlb · Joined: 18 Sep 2003

Thanks Peppermint...exactly what I was looking for!

freebeerandchicken · Joined: 02 May 2005 Location: Seoul

Is there something available that will allow me to open and EDIT hwp files in MS Word? Or convert .hwp to .doc or .rtf? Thanks..

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

open office might be able to do that, though I make no guarantees.

ask the school to send you the file as an .rtf or .doc as HWP can save files in either of those extensions.

smwood · Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Location: Over Here.

I didn't have any luck opening .hwp under Open Office. My school gave me a copy of HWP when I asked them.

Let me know [PM please] if you can't find it (it's pretty cheap to buy in Yongsan if you feel like spending a few won).

~ smw

Becka · Joined: 28 Sep 2005

The free HWP viewer doesn't seem to like my Mac. Boo. Anyone have another alternative? Aside from asking my boss to use a different format (which I've already done)?

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Ha, ha, ha. There was supposed to be something available for Mac last year, I haven't checked in a few months, but I never saw it.

Ask them to save it in .rtf. I have heard HWP can save in .doc and .pdf, but the version in my office doesn't.

HWP is not a universal format and I don't understand why Koreans think it is. It's easy to type in Word in Korean these days. I can even spellcheck in Korean! Do other countries have local word-processing formats that are inaccessible to the rest of the world?