Article ID: 183139
Article Last Modified on 5/14/2007
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- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
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SUMMARY
In Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, you can use the WordPerfect 5.x converter to open WordPerfect 5.x for Windows or MS-DOS documents. Word 98 does not include a WordPerfect 6.x converter or a WordPerfect version 2 or 3 for the Macintosh converter.
Additionally, you cannot save a Word 98 document in WordPerfect 6.x format. However, you can save the Word 98 document in WordPerfect 5.x format and then open the WordPerfect 5.x document in WordPerfect 6.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 5.x to Word 98. 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 5.x Feature to Word 98 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 to center- and right- [Flsh Rgt] 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 Footnote See comment Footnote references are converted references properly in most cases. However, because of hidden codes in the converted file, font and style conversion is not supported. 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 See comment Links to subdocuments, indexes, documents, and table of contents may be lost 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. 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. Watermarks See comment If watermarks are part of the header or footer, most types will be converted to PICT 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.
Third Party Converters
MacLink Plus by DataViz reportedly has a converter for WordPerfect versions 2 and 3 for the Macintosh. This article does not discuss possible conversion results from that product. MacLink Plus is a translation (converter) library that allows conversion between Word for Windows, Word for MS-DOS, Word for the Macintosh, and a large number of third-party products. For more information, contact DataViz at:
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