DOCUMENT:Q157089 14-NOV-2000 [word97] TITLE :WD97: Limitations of Converting from WordPerfect 6.x to Word 97 PRODUCT :Word 97 for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:97 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbdta kbconversion word97kbfaq ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Word 97 for Windows ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= In Microsoft Word 97, you can use the WordPerfect 6.x converter to open WordPerfect 6.x for Windows or MS-DOS documents. NOTE: You cannot save a Word 97 document in WordPerfect 6.x format. However, you can save the Word 97 document in WordPerfect 5.x format and then open the WordPerfect 5.x document in WordPerfect 6.x. For additional information on the limitations of converting between Word 97 and WordPerfect 5.x, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q157085 Limitations of Converting from Word 97 to WordPerfect 5.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 6.x to Word 97. 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 6.x Feature to Word 97 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 [Flsh Rgt] codes to center- and right-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 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 Yes documents, 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 (may appear to be be text boxes with text overlapping. 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. Note: there may be a combination of attributes that cause inconsistent conversion. Watermarks Yes 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. Additional query words: conversion converts converting transferred transferring transfers import export textconv WordPerfect wpft 6.x 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.x ====================================================================== Keywords : kbdta kbconversion word97 kbfaq Technology : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2 Version : WINDOWS:97 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 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