I hope that your thesis is more detailed than your question.

What version of Quattro Pro?

There are converters that let Excel open pre Quattro Pro 9 spreadsheets.

Works does not have a converter.

How can you lose your data?
Just because it is in a data format that you can't open on your computer
doesn't mean that it is lost.
What media are you using to transport your data?
CD, flash drive, memory stick
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Ron Sommer

"SMB" <SMB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Home over Christmas break and working on my thesis. I was typing up some
> data and put it in Quattro Pro. I get back to my house and realizes that
> my
> computer has Works Spreadsheet only. Is there anyway I can convert these
> two? Please help!!! Lot of data. I couldn't have lost it.