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This article provides information about limitations when converting from WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS, and WordPerfect 6.0 and 6.1 for Windows to the versions of Word listed at the beginning of this article. Features that are converted completely are not listed. Only features that are not converted or require some comment are listed.
Below is a list of Word properties and features and comments about how those features are converted from WordPerfect 6.x documents by the WordPerfect 6.x import converter supplied with the Microsoft Supplemental WordPerfect Conversions Kit for Word for Windows.
NOTE: The WordPerfect 6.0 converters are shipped with Word for Windows, versions 7.0 and 7.0a, but the fonts, templates, and documentation for WordPerfect conversions are not shipped. When the WordPerfect 6.0 Converter Kit is installed in Word 7.0, the following error message is displayed:
Setup has detected that Word 6.0 is not installed. The WordPerfect
text converters will only work with Word 6.0 for Windows. To not
install the text converters, choose the Custom Install button on the
next dialog box and uncheck the Text Converters option.
Each section covers a group of Word property equivalents. The key is as follows:
Yes The feature is converted to Word from WordPerfect 6.x but
requires some comment.
No The feature is not converted to Word.
S/C See the associated comment.
WordPerfect
6.x to
Feature Word Comments
Character Formatting:
Strikethrough Yes WordPerfect strikeout becomes
and redlining strikethrough formatting in Word;
WordPerfect redlining becomes added
text revision marking in Word.
Kerning No
Word and No
letter spacing
[Center]/ Yes Center and Flush Right codes convert
[Flsh Rgt] to center and right-aligned tab stops
codes and tabs.
Back tabs S/C Back tabs that are preceded by text
are not converted.
Default tabs S/C Trailing default tabs at ends of
lines are not converted.
Tab leaders S/C Dot tab leaders, minus-sign tab
leaders, and underscore tab leaders
are converted to the same tab leaders
in Word. All other WordPerfect tab
leaders become dot leaders in Word.
Keep Text No
Together
properties
Leading No
adjustment
between lines
and baselines
Paragraph Yes WordPerfect paragraph margins are
margins converted to left and right paragraph
indents in Word.
Spacing Yes Spacing between paragraphs in
between WordPerfect is converted to Spacing
paragraphs After paragraph format in Word.
Styles No Style contents are converted as direct
formatting in Word.
Advance Yes Advance codes are converted to ADVANCE
fields in Word. Advance codes that
have the effect of advancing text
upward on a page cannot be fully
emulated in Word. Absolute vertical
advance in headers is not converted.
Bookmarks No
Borders and fill No
(for column, page,
and paragraph)
Captions No
Chapter and No
volume numbers
Comments Yes Comments become annotations in Word.
Comments in headers, footers,
footnotes, and endnotes are not
retained in Word.
Contour wrap S/C Contour wrap is converted to square
for graphics wrap (wrap-around property) in Word,
boxes since Word does not support contour
wrap.
Cross-references No Cross-references and hypertext links
and hypertext are retained as plain text in Word.
links
Document Summary No The Descriptive Name, Descriptive Type,
Title, Subject, Author, Keywords,
Comments, Typist, Revision Date and
Subject WordPerfect fields are not
retained.
Drop caps No
Equations Yes Equations are converted as editable
equation objects.
Footnotes Yes Custom footnote marks are converted to
automatic 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.
Index and Lists No Index and Lists are retained as plain
text in Word.
Insert Filename No
Labels and No Text of labels is retained in Word.
bar codes
Line numbers No
Macros No
Margins Yes Word margins are measured from the
paper's edge to body text; 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. The conversion adjusts
the margins as needed to preserve page
layout. If you experience problems
with margins (for example, if they are
set outside the printable range in
Word), choose Page Setup from the File
menu, select the Margins tab and
choose OK. If margins need to be
adjusted, Word will ask to fix them.
Merge codes No Merge constructs and macros are lost
when converting to Word.
Outlining, Yes All are converted to SEQ (sequence)
paragraph numbers, fields in Word.
and counters
Page features No
(center page,
page binding,
and subdivide
pages)
Parallel columns S/C Parallel columns convert to tables.
Table vertical No
cell merge and
cell alignment
Text boxes and Yes Some text boxes and lines convert to
lines Word drawing layer objects. Drawing
layer objects are only visible in
page layout view and print preview,
and when printing. Drawing layer
objects will not appear in normal
view. Graphics boxes that are
anchored to a page or a 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.
All graphics lines are converted as
solid lines.
Watermarks No
WordPerfect
characters Yes If the WordPerfect fonts 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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Last Reviewed: January 16, 1997