Microsoft KB Archive/81266

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WordPerfect File Conversion Corrections in WinWord 2.0a

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Q81266

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, version 2.0a
 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.1

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SUMMARY
The following is an overview of corrections made to the Word for Windows 2.0 WordPerfect 5.0/5.1 file converter in Word 2.0a. All problem resolutions for this release of Word were made for the Word to WordPerfect direction of conversion. The current Word 2.0b release adds a large number of enhancements to the conversion from WordPerfect to Word that are not listed here. For more information on specific converter enhancements available in Word 2.0b, query on the following words:

"conv: and wordperfect and 2.0b and" where represents the name of the feature you are concerned with (for example, equations).

Problems Corrected in Word, version 2.0a
Header/Footer Distance from Edge Incorrect

In Word for Windows, a header or footer is located within the margin space. In WordPerfect, the header or footer is considered part of the body text for the purpose of margin calculation. Instead of adjusting for this difference, the converter previously converted margin measurements literally. This resulted in headers, footers, and body text being offset vertically in the converted document. Distance from edge is now converted correctly.

Paragraph Justification Within Table Cells Lost

Previously, all cells in a Word for Windows table other than the first lost their paragraph justification formatting and reverted to left-alignment within each cell in WordPerfect. Justification within table cells is now preserved correctly.

Table Widths Too Narrow

Previously, table widths were too narrow when converting to WordPerfect. An error in calculation resulted in the space between column measurement being subtracted from the second and subsequent column widths in a table. This calculation error has been corrected.

Margins and/or Page Size Incorrect

Previously, page height and width, as well as left, right, top, and bottom margin measurements were rounded to the nearest one-tenth of an inch in conversion to WordPerfect. This rounding error has been corrected, and margins are now converted accurately to one-one hundredth of an inch.

Spaces Inserted Following Nonbreaking Hyphens

Previously, when converting to WordPerfect, when a nonbreaking hyphen was located at a soft line break location, a space was inserted following the hyphen character in the converted document. This occurred because the WordPerfect file format requires a Soft Return ([SRt]) format marker at wordwrap locations. Spaces no longer occur following nonbreaking hyphens.

Font Size Changes Incorrect Between Header and Body Text

Previously, in very isolated cases, when both header text and body text shared the same font and point size, the point size applied to the body text was converted incorrectly and only the header appeared in the correct size. Both header and body text point size are now converted correctly.

Bold Character Format Extending Beyond Original Ending Point

Previously, when a bold character format was applied to Word for Windows document text, it infrequently extended beyond the original ending point for the format when converting to WordPerfect because the WordPerfect file format bold format ending code [bold] was not inserted. The bold format now terminates at the proper location.

All Text Beyond Custom Footnote Mark Superscripted

Previously, all text beyond the first instance of a custom footnote reference mark was superscripted in conversion to WordPerfect. The superscript format is now turned off immediately following the reference mark as intended.

Style Not Turned Off If Style Name Contains Extended Character

Previously, if a Word for Windows style name contained an extended character, the style extended beyond its intended ending point when converting to WordPerfect. This problem would most commonly be experienced with a European code page/keyboard configuration. The style is now terminated at the intended location.

Additional query words: 2.00a fix fixes textconv

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