Q157089: WD97: Limitations of Converting from WordPerfect 6.x to Word 97

Article: Q157089
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kbconversion word97kbfaq
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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In Microsoft Word 97, you can use the WordPerfect 6.x converter to open
WordPerfect 6.x for Windows or MS-DOS documents.

NOTE: You cannot save a Word 97 document in WordPerfect 6.x format. However, you
can save the Word 97 document in WordPerfect 5.x format and then open the
WordPerfect 5.x document in WordPerfect 6.x.

For additional information on the limitations of converting between Word 97 and
WordPerfect 5.x, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q157085 Limitations of Converting from Word 97 to WordPerfect 5.x

MORE INFORMATION
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The following table lists features that are partially supported, are not
supported, or that require some comment.

Yes             The feature converted from WordPerfect 6.x to Word 97.

Not Supported   The feature is not supported in one of the products.

See Comment     The feature is partially supported. Refer to the Comments
               for additional information.

                    WordPerfect 6.x
  Feature           to Word 97           Comments
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  Strikeout         Yes                  Strikeout becomes strikethrough
  and redlining                          formatting in Word; redlining
                                         becomes tracked changes in Word

  Kerning           Yes

  Word and          Not supported
  letter spacing

  Hidden text       Yes

  [Center],         Yes                  Center and Flush Right codes
                                         convert

  [Flsh Rgt] codes                       to center- and right-aligned tabs

  Back tabs         See comment          Back tabs that are preceded by
                                         text are not converted

  Default tabs      See comment          Trailing default tabs at the ends
                                         of lines are not converted

  Tab leaders       See comment          Dot, dash, and underscore tab
                                         leaders are converted to the same
                                         tab leaders in Word. All other
                                         tab leaders become dot leaders in
                                         Word

  Keep Text         Yes
  Together
  properties

  Leading           Not supported
  adjustment
  between lines,
  baselines

  Paragraph         Yes                  Paragraph margins are converted
                                         to margins left and right
                                         paragraph indents in Word

  Spacing between   Yes                  Spacing between paragraphs
                                         becomes paragraphs Spacing After
                                         paragraph format in Word

  Styles            See comment          From WordPerfect to Word, styles
                                         containing paragraph formatting
                                         codes convert to paragraph
                                         styles. WordPerfect styles
                                         containing only character
                                         formatting convert to character
                                         styles in Word. Text contained in
                                         a style is converted as normal
                                         text

  Advance           Yes                  Advance codes are converted to
                                         ADVANCE fields in Word. Advance
                                         codes that move text upward on a
                                         page cannot be fully emulated in
                                         Word

  Bookmarks         Yes

  Borders and fill  Not supported
  (for column and
  page)

  Captions          Not supported

  Chapter and       Not supported
  volume numbers

  Comments          Yes                  Word does not retain comments in
                                         headers, footers, footnotes, and
                                         endnotes

  Cross-references  Not supported        Retained as plain text in
  and hypertext                          Word
  links

  Descriptive Name  Not Supported        To retain the Descriptive Name,
                                         use the WordPerfect 5.x converter
                                         which will save the Descriptive
                                         Name into the Title field of the
                                         document properties.

  Drop caps         Not supported

  Equations         See comment          Equations are converted as
                                         editable equation objects.
                                         Equation fields are not converted

  Footnotes         Yes                  Custom footnote marks are
                                         converted to automatically
                                         numbered marks. If the numbering
                                         format of notes is changed in a
                                         document, the notes numbered with
                                         the new format are converted as
                                         custom notes

  Indexes and       Not supported        Indexes and lists are retained as
  lists                                  plain text in Word.

  Insert Filename   Yes

  Labels and        Not supported        Text of labels is retained in
  barcodes                               Word

  Line numbers      Not supported

  Macros            Not supported

  Margins           Yes                  WordPerfect margins are measured
                                         from the top and bottom edge of
                                         the page to the top of the header
                                         and bottom of the footer,
                                         respectively. Word margins are
                                         measured from the paper's edge to
                                         body text. The conversion adjusts
                                         the margins to preserve page
                                         layout. If margins do not convert
                                         correctly, click Page Setup on
                                         the File menu, click the Margins
                                         tab, select the options you want,
                                         and then click OK.

  Master            Yes
  documents,
  subdocuments

  Merge codes       Not supported        Merge constructs and macros are
                                         lost when converting to Word

  Outline,          Yes                  All are converted to numbers in
  paragraph                              Word
  Numbering

  Page features     See comment          Center page and page binding are
  (center page,                          supported
  page binding,
  and subdivide
  pages)

  Parallel columns  See comment          Parallel columns convert to
                                         tables

  Table vertical    Yes
  cell merge and
  cell alignment

  Text boxes/lines  See comment          Some text boxes and lines convert
                                         to Word drawing layer objects.
                                         Drawing layer objects are visible
                                         only in page layout view, print
                                         preview, and when printed.
                                         Graphics boxes that are anchored
                                         to a page or paragraph, have
                                         wrap-around text, and are
                                         located in tables, parallel
                                         columns, or headers/footers are
                                         converted to boxes with wrap
                                         through in Word (may appear to be
                                         be text boxes with text
                                         overlapping. In most cases,
                                         these boxes become drawing layer
                                         objects in Word. Graphic lines
                                         become solid lines. Text that is
                                         tight-wrapped around a graphic
                                         becomes square-wrapped. Note:
                                         there may be a combination of
                                         attributes that cause
                                         inconsistent conversion.

  Watermarks        Yes

  WordPerfect       Yes                  If the WordPerfect fonts
  characters                             containing the characters are
                                         available on the system, all the
                                         characters are converted. If one
                                         or more of these fonts are not
                                         available, some characters may
                                         not be converted.

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Keywords          : kbdta kbconversion word97 kbfaq
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97

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