Microsoft KB Archive/132429

WD6X: WordPerfect Long Citations Appear Corrupted in Word

PSS ID Number: Q132429 Article last modified on 02-04-1998

WINDOWS: 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c; MACINTOSH: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.01a

MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you open a WordPerfect 5.x for MS-DOS or Windows document containing long citations into Microsoft Word, an unintelligible string, such as an accented letter “O” (without the quotation marks) and several underscores, results.

NOTE: This problem does not occur when opening WordPerfect documents into Word for Windows NT.

= CAUSE =

This problem occurs because the WordPerfect converter applies an invalid text argument for the long citation field switch.

= WORKAROUND =

After you convert the document, reinsert the long citation text, enclosed within quotation marks, following the switch in the {TA} field.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the WordPerfect converter supplied with the Word versions referenced at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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