Microsoft KB Archive/157089

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

Article ID: 157089

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word 97, you can use the WordPerfect 6.x converter to open WordPerfect 6.x for Windows or MS-DOS documents.

NOTE: You cannot save a Word 97 document in WordPerfect 6.x format. However, you can save the Word 97 document in WordPerfect 5.x format and then open the WordPerfect 5.x document in WordPerfect 6.x.

For additional information on the limitations of converting between Word 97 and WordPerfect 5.x, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

157085 Limitations of Converting from Word 97 to WordPerfect 5.x



MORE INFORMATION
The following table lists features that are partially supported, are not supported, or that require some comment. Yes            The feature converted from WordPerfect 6.x to Word 97.

Not Supported  The feature is not supported in one of the products.

See Comment    The feature is partially supported. Refer to the Comments for additional information.

WordPerfect 6.x  Feature           to Word 97           Comments

Strikeout        Yes                  Strikeout becomes strikethrough and redlining                         formatting in Word; redlining becomes tracked changes in Word

Kerning          Yes

Word and         Not supported letter spacing

Hidden text      Yes

[Center],        Yes                  Center and Flush Right codes convert

[Flsh Rgt] codes                      to center- and right-aligned tabs

Back tabs        See comment          Back tabs that are preceded by                                          text are not converted

Default tabs     See comment          Trailing default tabs at the ends of lines are not converted

Tab leaders      See comment          Dot, dash, and underscore tab leaders are converted to the same tab leaders in Word. All other tab leaders become dot leaders in                                         Word

Keep Text        Yes Together properties

Leading          Not supported adjustment between lines, baselines

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

Spacing between  Yes                  Spacing between paragraphs becomes paragraphs Spacing After paragraph format in Word

Styles           See comment          From WordPerfect to Word, styles containing paragraph formatting codes convert to paragraph styles. WordPerfect styles containing only character formatting convert to character styles in Word. Text contained in                                         a style is converted as normal text

Advance          Yes                  Advance codes are converted to                                          ADVANCE fields in Word. Advance codes that move text upward on a                                         page cannot be fully emulated in                                          Word

Bookmarks        Yes

Borders and fill Not supported (for column and  page)

Captions         Not supported

Chapter and      Not supported volume numbers

Comments         Yes                  Word does not retain comments in                                          headers, footers, footnotes, and endnotes

Cross-references Not supported        Retained as plain text in   and hypertext                          Word links

Descriptive Name Not Supported        To retain the Descriptive Name, use the WordPerfect 5.x converter which will save the Descriptive Name into the Title field of the document properties.

Drop caps        Not supported

Equations        See comment          Equations are converted as                                          editable equation objects. Equation fields are not converted

Footnotes        Yes                  Custom footnote marks are converted to automatically 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

Indexes and      Not supported        Indexes and lists are retained as   lists                                  plain text in Word.

Insert Filename  Yes

Labels and       Not supported        Text of labels is retained in   barcodes                               Word

Line numbers     Not supported

Macros           Not supported

Margins          Yes                  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. Word margins are measured from the paper's edge to                                         body text. The conversion adjusts the margins to preserve page layout. If margins do not convert correctly, click Page Setup on                                         the File menu, click the Margins tab, select the options you want, and then click OK.

Master           Yes documents, subdocuments

Merge codes      Not supported        Merge constructs and macros are lost when converting to Word

Outline,         Yes                  All are converted to numbers in   paragraph                              Word Numbering

Page features    See comment          Center page and page binding are (center page,                         supported   page binding,   and subdivide   pages)

Parallel columns See comment          Parallel columns convert to                                          tables

Table vertical   Yes cell merge and cell alignment

Text boxes/lines See comment          Some text boxes and lines convert to Word drawing layer objects. Drawing layer objects are visible only in page layout view, print preview, and when printed. Graphics boxes that are anchored to a page or paragraph, have wrap-around text, and are located in tables, parallel columns, or headers/footers are converted to boxes with wrap through in Word (may appear to be                                         be text boxes with text                                          overlapping. In most cases,                                          these boxes become drawing layer                                          objects in Word. Graphic lines                                          become solid lines. Text that is                                          tight-wrapped around a graphic                                          becomes square-wrapped. Note:                                          there may be a combination of                                          attributes that cause                                          inconsistent conversion.

Watermarks       Yes

WordPerfect      Yes                  If the WordPerfect fonts characters                            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.

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