Microsoft KB Archive/124251

= Works: Tabs in Converted WordPerfect Files Don't Work Properly =

Article ID: 124251

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Works 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 3.0a
 * Microsoft Works 3.0b
 * Microsoft Works 4.5 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.5a
 * Microsoft Works 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Works 4.0a

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This article was previously published under Q124251



SYMPTOMS
When you open a WordPerfect file in Works for Windows, custom tabs set in the original document do not function properly. When you press the TAB key, the cursor jumps to the rightmost custom tab, bypassing any preceding tabs.



CAUSE
During the conversion process, the tab locations are sorted numerically from largest to smallest, that is, from the rightmost tab to the leftmost tab. Works for Windows reads the tab table from the first tab on the list to the last. Because the tabs are sorted largest to smallest, the first tab recognized will be the rightmost tab. The next tab value to be read from the table is less than that of the first tab location and is ignored.



RESOLUTION
 After opening the file in Works for Windows, select the text containing the tab characters and re-insert each custom tab location in the Tabs dialog box (from the Format menu, click Tabs). You do not have to delete the existing tabs before re-inserting the custom tab locations.

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 In WordPerfect, save the file in rich text format (*.RTF). (Saving the file in RTF from Works for Windows itself or from Word for Windows will not correct the tab problems).

For information on whether RTF is an export option for your version of WordPerfect and for information about how to save files in the RTF format, see your WordPerfect documentation.



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



MORE INFORMATION
When you open a WordPerfect 5.0 for MS-DOS, 5.1 for MS-DOS, 5.x for Windows, or WordPerfect 5.1 and 5.2 Secondary file format in Works for Windows, your tab-formatted text is aligned only with the rightmost custom tab. Note, however, that all of the custom tabs appear on the ruler and are included in the list of tabs in the Tabs dialog box.

When you open a WordPerfect 5.0 file in Works for Windows, an additional tab is created at the right margin of the document. This tab becomes the only active tab for the document.

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.

Additional query words: 4.00 3.00 3.00a 3.00b 4.00a 4.50 4.50a w_works tabbing indents

Keywords: kbprb KB124251

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