Microsoft KB Archive/130199

= WordPerfect 6.0 Import Converter Limitations for Word 6.x/7.0 =

Article ID: 130199

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q130199



SUMMARY
This article provides information about limitations when converting from WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS, and WordPerfect 6.0 and 6.1 for Windows to the versions of Word listed at the beginning of this article. Features that are converted completely are not listed. Only features that are not converted or require some comment are listed.

Below is a list of Word properties and features and comments about how those features are converted from WordPerfect 6.x documents by the WordPerfect 6.x import converter supplied with the Microsoft Supplemental WordPerfect Conversions Kit for Word for Windows.

NOTE: The WordPerfect 6.0 converters are shipped with Word for Windows, versions 7.0 and 7.0a, but the fonts, templates, and documentation for WordPerfect conversions are not shipped. When the WordPerfect 6.0 Converter Kit is installed in Word 7.0, the following error message is displayed:

Setup has detected that Word 6.0 is not installed. The WordPerfect text converters will only work with Word 6.0 for Windows. To not install the text converters, choose the Custom Install button on the next dialog box and uncheck the Text Converters option.

Installing the WordPerfect 6.0 Converter Kit with Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0 and 7.0a will allow for the addition of the WordPerfect templates, fonts, and documentation.

Limitations
Each section covers a group of Word property equivalents. The key is as follows:   Yes  The feature is converted to Word from WordPerfect 6.x but requires some comment.

No  The feature is not converted to Word.

S/C See the associated comment.

WordPerfect 6.x to Feature             Word           Comments -- --

Character Formatting:

Strikethrough     Yes            WordPerfect strikeout becomes and redlining                    strikethrough formatting in Word; WordPerfect redlining becomes added text revision marking in Word.

Kerning           No

Word and          No  letter spacing

Paragraph Formatting:

[Center]/         Yes            Center and Flush Right codes convert [Flsh Rgt]                       to center and right-aligned tab stops codes                            and tabs.

Back tabs         S/C            Back tabs that are preceded by text are not converted.

Default tabs      S/C            Trailing default tabs at ends of                                    lines are not converted.

Tab leaders       S/C            Dot tab leaders, minus-sign tab leaders, and underscore tab leaders are converted to the same tab leaders in Word. All other WordPerfect tab leaders become dot leaders in Word.

Keep Text         No  Together properties

Leading           No  adjustment between lines and baselines

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

Spacing           Yes            Spacing between paragraphs in  between                           WordPerfect is converted to Spacing paragraphs                       After paragraph format in Word.

Styles            No             Style contents are converted as direct formatting in Word.

Other Features:

Advance           Yes            Advance codes are converted to ADVANCE fields in Word. Advance codes that have the effect of advancing text upward on a page cannot be fully emulated in Word. Absolute vertical advance in headers is not converted.

Bookmarks         No

Borders and fill  No  (for column, page,  and paragraph)

Captions          No

Chapter and       No  volume numbers

Comments          Yes            Comments become annotations in Word. Comments in headers, footers, footnotes, and endnotes are not retained in Word.

Contour wrap      S/C            Contour wrap is converted to square for graphics                     wrap (wrap-around property) in Word, boxes                            since Word does not support contour wrap.

Cross-references  No             Cross-references and hypertext links and hypertext                    are retained as plain text in Word. links

Document Summary  No             The Descriptive Name, Descriptive Type, Title, Subject, Author, Keywords, Comments, Typist, Revision Date and Subject WordPerfect fields are not retained.

Drop caps         No

Equations         Yes            Equations are converted as editable equation objects.

Footnotes         Yes            Custom footnote marks are converted to                                    automatic 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.

Index and Lists   No             Index and Lists are retained as plain text in Word.

Insert Filename   No

Labels and        No             Text of labels is retained in Word. bar codes

Line numbers      No

Macros            No

Margins           Yes            Word margins are measured from the paper's edge to body text; 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. The conversion adjusts the margins as needed to preserve page layout. If you experience problems with margins (for example, if they are                                   set outside the printable range in                                    Word), choose Page Setup from the File menu, select the Margins tab and choose OK. If margins need to be                                   adjusted, Word will ask to fix them.

Merge codes       No             Merge constructs and macros are lost when converting to Word.

Outlining,        Yes            All are converted to SEQ (sequence) paragraph numbers,               fields in Word. and counters

Page features     No  (center page,  page binding,  and subdivide  pages)

Parallel columns  S/C            Parallel columns convert to tables.

Table vertical    No  cell merge and cell alignment

Text boxes and    Yes            Some text boxes and lines convert to  lines                             Word drawing layer objects. Drawing layer objects are only visible in                                   page layout view and print preview, and when printing. Drawing layer objects will not appear in normal view. Graphics boxes that are anchored to a page or a paragraph, have wrap-around text, and are located in tables, parallel columns, or headers/footers are converted to                                   boxes with wrap-through in Word. In                                   most cases these boxes become drawing layer objects in Word.

All graphics lines are converted as                                   solid lines.

Watermarks        No

WordPerfect characters        Yes            If the WordPerfect fonts 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. The information in this article is derived from the WPCONV.DOC document that is installed by the Supplemental WordPerfect Conversions Kit in the Word directory.

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