Microsoft KB Archive/225079

= WD97: Special Characters Lost When You Change Font in a WordPerfect Document =

Article ID: 225079

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q225079





SYMPTOMS
When you open a WordPerfect 5.x or 6.x document in Microsoft Word, select text that includes WordPerfect font special characters, and change the font, the special characters may change to different characters.



WORKAROUND
Do the following to obtain the best possible results when opening WordPerfect documents in Microsoft Word:  Install the WordPerfect fonts on your system. For more information about how to install the WordPerfect fonts, please contact WordPerfect.

For information about how to contact Corel WordPerfect, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

 If your document was created in Corel WordPerfect 5.1 or 6.0 for Windows, open the document in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

If your document was created in Corel WordPerfect 5.0 and 5.1 for DOS, open the document in Corel WordPerfect 5.1 or 6.0 for Windows, save it in the WordPerfect for Windows format, and then open it in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

Additional Notes

 * If the WordPerfect typographical symbol font does not exist on the system, the converter cannot make the symbol into something meaningful. The symbol will become a dash.
 * You can insert special characters in WordPerfect by pressing ALT+W and then picking a character number such as 4,4. Many of these WordPerfect special characters are only contained in the fonts shipped by WordPerfect. If your system does not contain these fonts, there is no way to create these characters.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about the limitations of converting WordPerfect documents, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

157085 WD97: Limitations of Converting WordPerfect 5.x Documents

157089 WD97: Limitations of Converting from WordPerfect 6.x to Word 97

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

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