WD97: Limitations of Converting from WordPerfect 6.x to Word 97 (157089)

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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.