Microsoft KB Archive/107683

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How Summary Information Converts Between WordPerfect and Word

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Q107683

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0

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SUMMARY
In conversion to Word 6.0, Word retains WordPerfect 5.1 for MS-DOS and WordPerfect 5.1 and 5.2 for Windows user-editable Document Summary Information fields that have equivalents in Word 6.0, and vice versa. Document Summary Information fields in WordPerfect 6.x documents are not retained when the document is opened in Word 6.0. The following table displays available summary options and how they map between WordPerfect 5.x and Word 6.0:

WordPerfect 5.x      Word 6.0   Comments ---

Descriptive Name \              WordPerfect Descriptive Name and Type > Title      are converted to Word's Title. The Descriptive Type /              Name appears first in Word, followed by the type information within parentheses.

Creation Date        N/A        Creation Date is not user-editable in                                 Word, and regardless of the setting in                                 WordPerfect, it reverts to the date on                                 which the document is converted to                                 Word.

Author               Author

Typist               N/A

Subject              Subject

Account              N/A

Keywords             Keywords

Abstract             Comments   The Word for Windows comments summary field is limited to 255 characters. WordPerfect abstracts of greater than 255 characters are concatenated at                                the 255th character in conversion to                                 Word.

MORE INFORMATION
WordPerfect for Windows includes an option to place an extract of the document in the summary abstract. An extract is comprised of the first 160 characters of a document's subject, the first 400 characters of the document, and the author and typist information. Because a WordPerfect abstract is converted to comments in Word, and comments are limited to 255 characters, a full document extract created in this manner cannot be retained.

The WordPerfect products mentioned here are manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

For more information or support with WordPerfect, contact WordPerfect Customer Support at (800) 228-1029.

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