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Advance
With use of the ADVANCE field format, Word 6.x and Word 98 successfully
converts the majority of the cases where Advance codes are used in
WordPerfect documents. WordPerfect up, down, to-line, left, and right
Advance formats and horizontal/vertical combinations thereof are mapped to
equivalent Microsoft Word ADVANCE \U, \D, \Y, \X, \L, and \Y formats.
WordPerfect will convert these elements from Microsoft Word.
Annotations
Microsoft Word exports annotations as WordPerfect comments, but also
inserts a marker with the comment. This marker appears as a harmless
[Unknown] code in WordPerfect Reveal Codes and enables, Word to
subsequently re-import these comments as annotations instead of hidden
text. Because WordPerfect comments cannot contain non-text structures such
as tables, graphics, and so forth, these components of a Word annotation
are lost when saving as WordPerfect format.
Block Protect
WordPerfect block protect is a character/line protection property.
Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect block protect to the closest equivalent
paragraph protection using Keep With Next and Keep Lines Together paragraph
formats. WordPerfect will convert these elements from Microsoft Word.
Borders, Dashed and Dotted
Microsoft Word supports dashed and dotted borders and converts WordPerfect
dashed and dotted graphic box (frame) and table borders to these
equivalents. WordPerfect will convert these elements from Microsoft Word.
Word paragraphs with dashed or dotted borders are converted to WordPerfect
text boxes with equivalent border settings.
Captions
Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect figure box captions to captions
including SEQ (sequence) field entries that prepare resulting frames for
cross-referencing. Caption positions: above inside, above outside, below
inside, and below outside for the original figure box are retained.
Color
When you choose to save as WordPerfect 5.1 for MS-DOS, Microsoft Word maps
Macintosh font colors to most of the standard color codes that WordPerfect
5.1 for MS-DOS understands (for example, [Color:Blue]). If you instead
choose to save as WordPerfect 5.x for Windows format, font colors are
mapped to specific RGB color codes (for example, [Color:0%,0%,100%]) that
are understood by WordPerfect for Windows. This differentiation enables the
most accurate round-trip conversion of color.
Columns, Parallel
In most cases, Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect parallel columns with or
without block protect to Word tables with rows that break across pages. If
a parallel column layout itself contains a box (frame) or exists on a page
containing a paragraph anchored box, it is instead converted to a newspaper
column layout because Word tables cannot contain frames.
Columns, Variable-Width
Because of its support for variable-width columns, Microsoft Word fully
supports conversion of WordPerfect variable-width column layouts.
Compatibility Options
Microsoft Word includes an interface to modify certain display behavior for
certain layout and pagination properties in Microsoft Word that are
normally inconsistent with WordPerfect without affecting the manner in
which a document is actually saved. When a document is converted from
WordPerfect, several of these options are automatically triggered so that
Microsoft Word can make converted documents more closely retain their
original appearance. Compatibility options used during WordPerfect
conversion include:
- Do not add automatic tab stop for hanging indent -- When a Microsoft Word
paragraph is formatted with a hanging indent, it normally acts as if
there is an automatic tab stop set to the level of the indent.
WordPerfect does not behave in this manner, so this behavior is
deactivated when opening WordPerfect documents.
- Don't balance columns for Continuous section -- Microsoft Word
automatically balances columns preceding a continuous section break.
WordPerfect does not behave like this; so, this feature is turned-off in
Word when opening WordPerfect documents.
- Wrap trailing spaces to next line -- This option configures Microsoft
Word to be consistent with WordPerfect in the way it treats trailing
space characters at the end of a line. With this option active, spaces
at the end of a line can be underlined and can be used to insert space
to the right of a right-aligned paragraph or right-aligned tab-stop
position.
Conditional End-of-Page
WordPerfect conditional end-of-page is a line protection property.
Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect conditional end-of-page settings to
Keep With Next paragraph format.
Cross Reference Targets (Bookmarks)
Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect cross-reference targets to bookmarks
and WordPerfect converts these elements from Microsoft Word.
Cross References
Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect footnote and endnote number, page, and
box (figure, text, user, and equation) cross-references to equivalent cross-
reference fields. WordPerfect will convert these elements from Microsoft
Word. Only the textual result of WordPerfect paragraph and outline cross-
references are retained because there are not equivalent cross-reference
fields for these types of references in Word.
DDE Links
Microsoft Word partially supports the conversion of documents containing
dynamic data exchange (DDE) links to and from WordPerfect for Windows. To
facilitate proper export of DDE links, the converter provides separate
options to convert to WordPerfect 5.0, WordPerfect 5.1 for MS-DOS, and
WordPerfect 5.x for Windows formats. Selecting WordPerfect 5.x for Windows
format will help ensure that DDE links are retained.
Equations
Microsoft Word converts most WordPerfect equations directly into Microsoft
Equation Editor 3.0 format. WordPerfect will convert these elements from
Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word equations (OLE 2.0 objects) are retained as
WordPerfect equations (not as OLE 1.0 objects) when converting to
WordPerfect 5.x for Windows format.
Font Substitution
Microsoft Word has significantly expanded its ability to map to the proper
font or closest available alternative when converting to or from
WordPerfect. When opening WordPerfect documents, Microsoft Word
accomplishes this with the following steps:
- Microsoft Word detects font names under Macintosh OS while reading a
WordPerfect document and checks for an exact font name match under
Windows.
- If an exact name match is not available, Microsoft Word examines the
metrics of the original WordPerfect font, queries the Windows system to
determine what fonts are available for the current (default) printer,
and then makes the best match possible from the list of available fonts.
Once a WordPerfect document has been opened in Microsoft Word, the original
WordPerfect font name is displayed on the formatting toolbar, and the
substituted Macintosh font is applied for display and printing.
For those instances where this is a more desirable mapping, Microsoft Word
also provides a friendly interface to allow you to easily map missing
WordPerfect document fonts into fonts of your choice that are available on
your system. You can choose to perform a permanent font conversion or to
just choose a new temporary mapping, leaving the original WordPerfect font
information intact in the Microsoft Word file.
In addition, Microsoft Word supports a significantly enhanced number of
possible target fonts when saving as WordPerfect. You can also customize
export font-mapping through use of our expanded font- mapping file
functionality.
For more information about converting fonts, click Contents And Index on
the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of
the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in
Word Help, type the following text
and then click Show Topics. Select the "Specify fonts to use when
converting files" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the
information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
Footnotes and Endnotes
Because of its ability to include both footnotes and endnotes in the same
document, Microsoft Word fully supports conversion of WordPerfect footnotes
and endnotes.
Note, however, that conversion of footnote references is unpredictable, and
not supported.
Frame and Graphic Positioning
Because of its two-pass WordPerfect conversion architecture (see the "Two-
Pass Conversion Architecture" section) and drawing
layer, Microsoft Word maintains frame and graphic positioning much more
effectively during conversion.
Full Justification
Microsoft Word adjusts character spacing when converting WordPerfect
paragraphs formatted as fully justified in order to best reconcile the
model differences in the spacing of justified text in the two products.
Microsoft Word accomplishes this by condensing character spacing by 3 twips
(3/1440ths of an inch) per 12 points of font size when converting fully
justified WordPerfect paragraphs to justified paragraphs in Word.
Note You do not have an option to modify how the converter functions in
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh to condense character spacing in fully
justified paragraphs when opening WordPerfect documents.
Graphic on Disk
Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect Figure boxes containing a link to a
source graphic on disk by dynamically calling the WPG Graphic import filter
to process the graphic file. If the graphic file is not available in the
location specified in the WordPerfect Figure Box, Microsoft Word prompts
you with the option to specify the location of the graphic, ignore the
graphic and continue conversion, or cancel conversion. If you choose to
ignore the graphic, an Import field is created and a frame placeholder
appears in the converted document.
Hyphenation Zone
Microsoft Word converts the WordPerfect Left Hyphenation Zone percentage to
an appropriate Hyphenation Zone measure. WordPerfect will convert these
elements from Microsoft Word.
Kerning, Automatic and Manual
Because of its support for automatic kerning of fonts, Microsoft Word
successfully converts WordPerfect automatic kerning. The Points And Above
measure in Microsoft Word is set to the current font size active at the
location at which kerning was applied in the original WordPerfect document.
WordPerfect Manual Kerning is actually applied within WordPerfect documents
as Advance formatting and is converted as such. For more information, see
the "Advance" section.
Keyboard Input Fields
Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect Input, Prompt/Keyboard, and
Statusprompt/Keyboard merge field combination to Fillin fields. Microsoft
Word Fillin fields are not preserved in conversion to WordPerfect.
Note For a successful merge, replace the converted Fillin fields with the
appropriate mail merge field (Ask, Fillin, and so on).
Language Codes
Microsoft Word converts all WordPerfect Language codes that have
equivalents in Word to these equivalents. WordPerfect will convert these
elements from Microsoft Word.
Layered Drawing
In WordPerfect, the Wrap Around = No setting causes text that would
otherwise follow the frame to overlap the frame instead.
Because of its drawing layer, Microsoft Word fully supports the conversion
of WordPerfect boxes for which the Wrap Around option has been set to "No"
by converting such boxes to drawing objects. These drawing objects can be
placed above or below document text with no ensuing wrapping.
Line Numbering
Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect line numbering within constraints
imposed by model differences in the two products. These limitations
include:
- Microsoft Word does not support an option not to number blank lines;
therefore, if the WordPerfect option is activated, blank lines will
still be numbered when opening a WordPerfect document into Microsoft
Word.
- In WordPerfect, if you choose to restart line numbering on each page,
the line number always restarts as 1, regardless of the starting line
number specified. In Microsoft Word, line numbering restarts at the top
of the page beginning with the starting line number.
- Line numbering is a section property in Microsoft Word, and a line
property in WordPerfect. Therefore, starting points for changes in line
numbering may be delayed or incorrect when you open a WordPerfect
document in Microsoft Word.
Master Document/Subdocument Links
Microsoft Word converts WordPerfect subdocument links to equivalent
IncludeText fields and WordPerfect converts these elements from Microsoft
Word. Microsoft Word also prompts for missing subdocuments at the time of
conversion. If a subdocument is missing, you can either cancel conversion
or open the document without the subdocument links.
OLE Objects
Microsoft Word fully supports the conversion of documents containing object
linking and embedding (OLE) objects to and from WordPerfect 5.2 for
Windows. To facilitate proper export of OLE links, the converter provides
separate options to convert to WordPerfect 5.0, WordPerfect 5.1 for MS-DOS,
and WordPerfect 5.x for Windows formats. Selecting WordPerfect 5.x for
Windows ensures that OLE objects (with the exception of Equation Editor 3.0
objects ) remain as objects and retain all the necessary binary data, while
choosing WordPerfect 5.0 or WordPerfect 5.1 for MS-DOS converts OLE objects
to pictures that can be understood by these versions of WordPerfect for MS-
DOS.
Paragraph Numbering
Paragraph numbering in Microsoft Word is a function that does not depend
upon placement of explicit formatting codes within a document. Microsoft
Word converts WordPerfect paragraph numbering into appropriately numbered
paragraphs while retaining information that allows the restoration of
paragraph numbering codes if you subsequently save the document back into
WordPerfect format. Because these codes are hidden within the file, they
are difficult remove; hence, they can lead to corruption.
For more information on troubleshooting corrupted documents in Microsoft
Word, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176050 WD98: Troubleshooting Corrupted Documents, Word 98 Macintosh Edition
Private Fields
For greater fidelity in conversion of documents between Microsoft Word and
WordPerfect, Microsoft Word includes a Private field. The converter uses
this field to store special binary information about how a WordPerfect
document was constructed before it was converted to Microsoft Word. This
enables Microsoft Word to later use this information to more accurately
reconstruct formatting features that would otherwise change or be lost in
conversion back to WordPerfect.
The Private field is used in numerous scenarios (at least 12) by the
Microsoft Word WordPerfect converter. Some examples of format features that
depend on this technology for accurate round-trip conversion from and back
to WordPerfect include Tables Of Contents and Figure Boxes.
In addition, Microsoft Word embeds codes in the same manner in harmless
locations in exported WordPerfect documents to enable optimal round-trip
conversion to and back from WordPerfect format. These codes appear as
[Unknown] codes in WordPerfect Reveal Codes.
Round-Trip Frame Reassembly
Microsoft Word significantly improves coexistence with WordPerfect through
round-trip disassembly of framed objects. This is necessary because
Microsoft Word allows mixed text and graphics to appear within frames, but
WordPerfect does not allow similar functionality in its boxes. On export
from Microsoft Word, frames are converted to text boxes with separate
figure boxes for each graphic. When opening the same document back into
Microsoft Word, such collections of boxes are reassembled into the original
mixed text-and-graphics frame.
Retain Graphic Background Option
WordPerfect treats all WPG graphic images having white backgrounds as if
they have transparent backgrounds when placed inside transparent figure
boxes (boxes without background shading defined). To accommodate this
behavior, Microsoft Word by default removes background color when importing
WordPerfect documents.
Note You cannot modify how the converter processes these graphics in
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh. This capability is only available to Word
for Windows 6.0c.
Secondary Merge Files (Data Documents)
Microsoft Word automatically detects and converts WordPerfect secondary
merge files to data source document format. Secondary files containing 32
fields or fewer become tables, and those with greater than 32 fields become
tab-delimited.
Note WordPerfect conditional print merge constructs and macros are not
retained and are therefore not supported.
If you choose to save a Microsoft Word data source document in tab or comma
delimited or table format as a WordPerfect 5.0 Secondary File or
WordPerfect 5.1 or 5.2 Secondary File, the document is converted to a
secondary merge file delimited with the appropriate merge commands for that
version of WordPerfect. Conditional print merge constructs are not
retained.
Styles
Styles are retained in conversion to and from WordPerfect. Microsoft Word
converts WordPerfect open, paired, and outline styles containing paragraph
formatting to Paragraph styles. WordPerfect styles that contain only
character formatting become Microsoft Word Character styles. Text or
nonparagraph or character-level formatting properties contained in
WordPerfect styles (for example, table definitions) are converted as text
or direct formatting.
For more information about converting styles, click Contents And Index on
the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of
the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in
Word Help, type the following text
converting files, compatibility options
and then click Show Topics. Select the "Customize Word to work with
converted documents" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the
information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
Suppress
Microsoft Word honors WordPerfect header, footer, and header/footer page
number suppression codes. Microsoft Word accomplishes this through use of
the different odd and even and different first page header and footer
formats and/or section breaks.
Note These section breaks may be converted as Next Page section breaks by
default. To change this, double-click each section break and change Section
start to the appropriate option.
Table and Frame Interaction
Microsoft Word doesn't allow tables to contain frames or nested tables. A
table can, however, be framed. Therefore, conversion of WordPerfect tables
constructed in this manner can be extremely difficult. Through the use of
its two-pass WordPerfect converter architecture (see the "Two-Pass
Conversion Architecture" section of this article), Microsoft Word is able
to deal much more effectively with interactions between WordPerfect tables
and boxes.
Note It has been reported that you may experience difficulty converting
documents constructed in this manner and it is not recommended.
Table Headers
Because of its ability to define one or more table header rows, Microsoft
Word successfully converts table header rows to and from WordPerfect.
Table Row Heights
Microsoft Word accurately maps WordPerfect table row top and bottom cell
margins to equivalent space before and space after paragraph margin
settings. This feature has a significant positive effect on maintaining as
closely as possible the original length and pagination of table-intensive
documents.
Tables of Authorities/Short and Long Citations
Because of its support for tables of authorities, Microsoft Word
successfully converts WordPerfect short and long-form table of authority
entries and tables of authorities. Microsoft Word accomplishes this by
converting WordPerfect short and long form entries to TC \s and TC \l
fields, and by converting generated or non-generated (compiled) Tables Of
Authorities to TOA fields. WordPerfect will convert these elements from
Microsoft Word.
In contrast, Microsoft Word does not support exporting tables of
authorities and converts WordPerfect tables of authorities as normal text.
Text-Based Linedraw
Microsoft Word is effective at converting documents containing WordPerfect
text-based line drawing characters. It accomplishes this by using the
TrueType MS Linedraw font to appropriately express these characters.
Note The font used for this may be damaged if the conversion results in
display degradation at point sizes smaller or larger than 12 point.
Two-Pass Conversion Architecture
There are certain WordPerfect features that are extremely difficult or
impossible to convert reliably because to convert these features, the Word
converter requires information that is stored further "downstream" in the
document data stream.
To address this problem in Microsoft Word, the WordPerfect converter uses a
unique "two-pass" architecture. By scanning through a WordPerfect document
two times, the converter can reliably convert many more formatting
features with almost no decrease in performance.
Underline Format Combinations
WordPerfect allows double underlining of words and spaces or words and tabs
only. In Microsoft Word, double underline is applied continuously.
Microsoft Word detects these two underline format combinations and makes
the necessary calculations to turn the double underline format on and off
in Word to retain appearance. All other underline combinations with the
exceptions of Microsoft Word Dotted, Dot Dash, and Dot Dot Dash underline
format, to which WordPerfect has no equivalent, are retained in conversion
to and from WordPerfect.
In addition, in WordPerfect if underlining is defined to begin at the
beginning of a line and that definition is followed by any combination of
tabs or indents, WordPerfect underlines only the text that follows by
default. Microsoft Word interprets this layout correctly.
Vertical and Horizontal Graphic Line Positioning
Through use of its drawing layer, Microsoft Word effectively converts and
positions WordPerfect graphic lines. These lines are mapped to equivalent
rectangular drawing objects.
Windows Metafile Support
WordPerfect 5.1 and 5.2 for Windows allow embedding of graphics in WPG
format only, WPG and Windows Metafile (WMF), or WMF format only. Microsoft
Word retains graphics regardless of which embedding method was used in
WordPerfect, but it converts the graphics to the native PICT format.
For more information about possible problems with this graphic conversion,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
180095 WD98: WMF/EMF Pictures From Word 97 Convert Incorrectly
WordPerfect Labels
Microsoft Word detects WordPerfect Label page type and creates a table with
appropriate row, column, page margin and paragraph indent dimensions to
achieve the same result when printing to the same label sheets.
Note Since Microsoft Word's maximum table column number is 32, labels
converted from WordPerfect, may contain truncated records or incorrect
results.