Microsoft KB Archive/275942

= WD2002: Word Stops Responding or You Receive Error Message When Opening WordPerfect Document =

Article ID: 275942

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q275942





SYMPTOMS
When you open a WordPerfect document in Microsoft Word, one or more of the following may occur:  The WordPerfect Graphics Import 8.0 dialog box appears, and Word stops responding (hangs).

-or- You receive the following error message:

Document appears to be corrupt. Conversion may be incomplete.

-or- The text that follows a graphic image in the document is missing.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because the WordPerfect file converter in Microsoft Word cannot convert some WordPerfect graphics files that are embedded in WordPerfect documents that were created in WordPerfect version 6.1 or later.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, open the document in WordPerfect, and then remove the graphic before you try to open the document in Microsoft Word.



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, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290362 WD2002: Descriptions, Limitations of Word Graphics Filters

291451 WD2002: WordPerfect File Contains Garbled Text When Opened in Word

Additional query words: WD2002 wp 7.0 8.0 9.0 wordpft wdpft

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB275942

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