Microsoft KB Archive/105842

Works: WordPerfect File Format Conversion Limitations

PSS ID Number: Q105842 Article last modified on 10-21-1998

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= SUMMARY =

This article contains information on the functionality and limitations of the WordPerfect conversion provided with version 3.0 of Microsoft Works for MS-DOS.

When you convert files to or from WordPerfect, the following elements are either omitted or changed:

Character Formatting

 * Font names are printer-dependent and may not convert.
 * Super/subscripting by nondefault value does not convert.
 * Font color information does not convert.

Paragraph Formatting

 * Space before/after a paragraph is approximated with empty paragraphs.
 * Keep Together/With Next formatting does not convert.
 * Paragraph borders do not convert.
 * First-line indent is approximated with spaces.
 * Page break before/after a paragraph does not convert.
 * Leader underline tabs and hyphen tabs do not convert.

Page Numbering

 * Page number positioning does not convert.

Printing

 * Print merge fields do not convert.

Miscellaneous

 * Bookmarks from WordPerfect version 4.2 do not convert; bookmarks from WordPerfect version 5.x convert to Works bookmarks.
 * Graphics do not convert.
 * Equations do not convert.
 * Graphics do not convert.
 * Endnotes convert as footnotes.
 * Starting footnote other than 1 converts as 1.
 * Manual footnote reference marks are added to autonumbered reference marks.
 * Index and table of contents entries do not convert.
 * Paragraph Keep Together/With Next information does not convert.
 * Nondefault footnote separation lines do not convert.
 * Character #127 (house character) becomes a space.
 * Outline text converts without formatting.
 * Nonbreaking hyphens become regular hyphens.
 * Decimal tabs convert to right-aligned tabs.
 * Font color information does not convert.
 * Comments do not convert.

= MORE INFORMATION =

For best results with Works file conversions, do the following:


 * 1) Make sure that the FILES= statement in your CONFIG.SYS file is set to at least 20.
 * 2) Make sure that there is a valid SET TMP= statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. It should point to an existing directory on a hard drive partition that contains some available disk space.
 * 3) If you have made changes to the CONFIG.SYS and/or AUTOEXEC.BAT file(s), save them in a text-only format and reboot your system.
 * 4) Repaginate the file before converting it.

For more information on editing your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

boot and autoexec.bat and config.sys and edit

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