If there's a file you need to edit, you should work with the original file,
not converting an .xps. Think of them as the Microsoft version of a .pdf
file.

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JoAnn Paules
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Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Komonoway" <Komonoway@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03194C8D-E1C7-429D-8ED1-AA77F841F825@microsoft.com...
>I get that the .xps format is supposed to be for securing documents so that
> they're only printable. But occasionally, and I don't think I'm the only
> one, I'll get an .xps that I do need to edit. How can I convert an XPS
> into
> word, or excel or whatever, and not have it be completely formatted out of
> wack?