WD2000: WordPerfect Table Formulas Are Not Retained (211748)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
This article was previously published under Q211748

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word, when you open a WordPerfect 5.x or 6.x for MS-DOS or Windows document containing tables with formulas (Table Math), only the latest recalculated results of the formulas are retained as normal text. The formulas themselves are lost.

CAUSE

This is a design limitation of the WordPerfect converters supplied with Word.

WORKAROUND

Word for Windows does support performing calculations within table cells. To restore mathematical relationships among table cells, re-enter the formulas after the conversion is complete.

For more information about creating formulas in a table, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type table formula in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

MORE INFORMATION

The WordPerfect Table Math option allows you to define math formulas that add, subtract, multiply, and divide the values you put into referenced cells in much the same way you can in Word.

The WordPerfect Table Formulas are separate from WordPerfect Equations, which Word versions 2.0b and later do retain during conversion.

For additional information about WordPerfect conversion, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

240854 WD2000: Limitations of Converting WordPerfect 5.x Documents

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/6/2000
Keywords:kbconversion kbprb KB211748
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