Microsoft KB Archive/64704

Incorrect Line Numbering in Converted WordPerfect File

PSS ID Number: Q64704 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

1.10 1.10a

WINDOWS

Summary:

A document created in Microsoft Word for Windows and converted for use with WordPerfect 5.0, using CONV-WP5.EXE, may not convert line numbers correctly. Line numbers generally convert, but with the loss of several specific options that are features supported in both programs. For example:


 * 1) The starting number does not convert if it is set at a number other than 1. For example, a starting number of 100 will default to 1 when converted and loaded into WordPerfect.
 * 2) Line numbering specified to restart numbering on each page is lost and the converted file is formatted with numbering continuous throughout the document.
 * 3) The position of the number from the left edge of the page doesn’t convert accurately. However, these are not identical measures to begin with because Word for Windows sets the position relative to the text, rather than to the page. For example, setting this distance in Word for Windows at .25 inch results in .16 inch in WordPerfect. If the page is formatted as 1 inch in Word for Windows, it converts as .83 inch in WordPerfect.

Note: Setting a negative value for this measure in Word for Windows, which is valid and would seem to work as a workaround, results in a completely nonsensical value in WordPerfect 5.0. For example, setting the distance at -.25 inch in Word for Windows results in a setting of 21.16 inches in WordPerfect, which is beyond the right margin and not even on the page.

The following are similar problems encountered when a document created in WordPerfect 5.0 is converted for use in Word for Windows.


 * 1) When started in Word for Windows, the converted document always shows line numbering set to Start At: 1, Each Page, even when formatted in the original WordPerfect document to be continuous through out the document.
 * 2) The original Start At: number is lost and reverts to 1 in the converted file, regardless of how it is formatted in the original file.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows versions 1.10 and 1.10a. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Reference(s):

Word for Windows version 1.10a CONVINFO.DOC. conv

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