WordPerfect lets you open files created in Microsoft Word. Because WordPerfect and Microsoft Word documents share similar formatting and layout, you can open Microsoft Word documents in WordPerfect, while retaining most of the formatting. When you open a Microsoft Word document in WordPerfect, WordPerfect converts it automatically. However, occasionally, some information in the converted document may not display as it did in its original format.
In this section, you'll learn about
opening Microsoft Word documents in WordPerfect
saving WordPerfect documents as Microsoft Word documents
using the Microsoft Word toolbar
using Microsoft Word shortcut keys in WordPerfect
comparing Microsoft Word and WordPerfect features
For more information about how WordPerfect converts Microsoft Word documents, see "Reference: Moving between Microsoft Word and WordPerfect,"
For more information about the additional file formats that can be imported and exported from WordPerfect, see "Import and export file formats for WordPerfect."
Opening Microsoft Word documents in WordPerfect
WordPerfect lets you open documents created using the following versions of Microsoft Word.
Microsoft Word 1.0 for MS-DOS
Microsoft Word 1.1 for MS-DOS
Microsoft Word 1.2 for MS-DOS
Microsoft Word 2.0 for MS-DOS
Microsoft Word 4.0 for MS-DOS
Microsoft Word 5.0 for MS-DOS
Microsoft Word 5.5 for MS-DOS
Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows
Microsoft Word 7.0 (Microsoft Office 95)
Microsoft Word 97
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word version 2002 (Microsoft Office XP)
You can also insert a Microsoft Word document into a WordPerfect document.
To open a Microsoft Word document
1 Click File Open.
2 Choose the drive and folder where the file is stored.
3 Click a filename.
Microsoft Word documents use the .doc filename extension.
4 Click Open.
Note
When you open a Microsoft Word document in WordPerfect, some information in the file may not be displayed in the same way after it is converted. For more information, see "Reference: Moving between Microsoft Word and WordPerfect."
To insert a Microsoft Word file into a WordPerfect document
1 Click Insert File.
2 Choose the drive and folder where the file is stored.
3 Click a filename.
4 Click Insert.
Saving WordPerfect documents as Microsoft Word documents
You can save WordPerfect documents as Microsoft Word documents.
To save a WordPerfect document as a Microsoft Word document
1 Click File Save as.
2 Choose the drive and folder where you want to save the file.
3 Type the filename in the Filename box.
4 Choose a version of Microsoft Word from the File type list box.
5 Click Save.
Note
When you save a WordPerfect document as a Microsoft Word document, some of the formatting in the document may no longer display properly. For more information, see "Reference: Moving between Microsoft Word and WordPerfect."
Using the Microsoft Word toolbar
You can use the Microsoft Word 97 toolbar in WordPerfect.
To display the Microsoft Word 97 toolbar in WordPerfect
1 Click View Toolbars.
2 Enable the Microsoft Word 97 check box.
Using Microsoft Word shortcut keys in WordPerfect
The following table lists the Microsoft Word shortcut keys and the WordPerfect equivalents. You can customize your shortcut keys to reflect Microsoft Word or WordPerfect settings. For more information about customizing shortcut keys in WordPerfect, see "Choosing and creating shortcut keys."
Microsoft Word shortcut key WordPerfect command WordPerfect shortcut key
Ctrl + E Align center Shift + F7
Ctrl + B Bold, turn on/turn off Ctrl + B
Ctrl + F4 Close document Ctrl + F4
Ctrl + C Copy the selection to the Clipboard Ctrl + C
Ctrl + V Insert Clipboard contents at the cursor Ctrl + V
Ctrl + G Jump to a specified place in the document Ctrl + G
Ctrl + E Justify center Ctrl + E
Ctrl + J Justify full Ctrl + J
Ctrl + L Justify left Ctrl + L
Ctrl + R Justify right Ctrl + R
Shift + Enter Line break Ctrl + Shift + L
Ctrl + T Margin release (hanging indent) Ctrl + F7
Ctrl + Home Move the cursor to the beginning of the document Ctrl + Home
Home Move the cursor to the beginning of a line Home
Page down Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen Page down
Up arrow Move one cell up in a table Alt + Up arrow
Down arrow Move one cell down in a table Alt + Down arrow
Right arrow or Tab Move one cell right in a table Alt + Right arrow or Tab
Left arrow or Tab Move one cell left in a table Alt + Left arrow or Tab
Right arrow Move one column to the left Alt + Right arrow
Left arrow Move one column to the right Alt + Left arrow
Ctrl + X Move selection to the Clipboard Ctrl + X
Ctrl + N New document Ctrl + Shift + N
Ctrl + Enter New page Ctrl + Enter
Ctrl + O Open document Ctrl + O
Ctrl + P Print Ctrl + P
Ctrl + Y Reverse the last undo Ctrl + Shift + Z
Ctrl + S Save Ctrl + S
F12 Save as F3
Ctrl + Shift + F Search (backward) Ctrl + Shift + F
Ctrl + F Search (forward) Ctrl + F
F7 Spelling, check and correct Ctrl + F1
Shift + F7 Open thesaurus Alt + F1
Ctrl + U Underline, turn on/turn off Ctrl + U
Insert Typeover Insert
Ctrl + Z Undo Ctrl + Z
For a complete list of all WordPerfect shortcut keys, see "Using shortcut keys."
Comparing Microsoft Word and WordPerfect features
The following table lists Microsoft Word features, and their equivalent WordPerfect features.
You can locate a Microsoft Word feature and click the associated WordPerfect feature to learn how to use it in WordPerfect.
Microsoft Word feature WordPerfect feature
Annotation Comment
AutoCorrect QuickCorrect
AutoShapes Shapes
AutoText QuickWords
Automatic save Backup
Break New page
Bullets and numbers Bulleted, numbered, and alphabetical lists
Change case Convert case
Character Font appearance
Charting Chart
Compare versions Document review
Create envelope Envelopes
Customize Settings
Drawing Draw
Footers Headers/footers
Frame Graphics
Full screen Hide bars
Grammar Grammatik
Grammar as you type Grammar As-You-Go
Headers Headers/footers
Hyperlink Hyperlink
Indentation Indent
Index and tables Reference
Keep lines together Keep text together
Keep with next Conditional end of page
Merge documents or Mail merge Merge
Merge cells Join
Options Settings
Page alignment Center page
Paragraph alignment Justification
Protect document Keep text together
Right-aligned text Flush right
Sorting Sort
Spelling Spelling checker
Spelling as you type Spell-As-You-Go
Summary info Document summary
Table AutoFormat SpeedFormat
Tabs Tab set
Text direction Rotate text
Track changes Document review
Vertical alignment Center page
WordArt TextArt
Word count Properties
Reference: Moving between Microsoft Word and WordPerfect
The goal of converting files is to create a document in WordPerfect that looks and functions as it did in Microsoft Word. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to create an identical document.
In this section, you'll learn about
importing fonts and font styles
importing paragraph formatting
import formatting features
importing field commands
importing page formatting
exporting fonts and font styles
export page features
export paragraph features
export formatting features
export field commands
Importing fonts and font styles
The following table contains the comparable font and font styles available in Microsoft Word and WordPerfect, and notes about how each application handles fonts and font styles.
Import to WordPerfect From Microsoft Word Notes
Underline Underline WordPerfect supports underlining formats, such as wave, double, and line dash dot, and colored underlining. In Microsoft Word, however, the colors of the underlining and the text are the same.
The following types of underlining formats are not supported in Microsoft Word: text and spaces, text only, and text and tabs.
Small caps SmallCaps
Small caps AllCaps Import as small caps because WordPerfect does not have AllCaps.
Strikeout Strikethrough
Word and letter spacing Spacing Character spacing in Microsoft Word is almost the same as character spacing in WordPerfect. Microsoft Word does not support: word spacing, word spacing justification limits, or kerning.
Animated text WordPerfect does not have an animated text feature, so text is lost.
Advance Position
Kerning
Color Color WordPerfect does not have an automatic color as Microsoft Word does. WordPerfect supports full RGB colors; Microsoft Word offers 16 colors. WordPerfect uses a color distance formula to map from its colors to the 16 colors available in Microsoft Word. Any color with high RGB is mapped to white.
Highlight colors
Single underline Text borders
Box shadow
3D custom Not applicable
Font size Font size WordPerfect has font sizes in increments of one tenth; Microsoft Word uses half points. Sizes are rounded to the nearest point size allowed.
Importing paragraph formatting
The following table contains paragraph features for Microsoft Word and WordPerfect that help you import files more effectively.
Import to WordPerfect From Microsoft Word Notes
Left margin adj
Right margin adj
First line indent Left indent
Right indent
First line indent WordPerfect lets you add an indent anywhere in the paragraph (lines following that indent will be indented).
If there is only a first-line indent, the rest of the paragraph is unaffected.
If you specify a first-line indent and then hit a few indents before typing text, this is treated as a paragraph indent.
If there is an indent in the paragraph after text has been typed, the paragraph indent adjusts the first-line indent to be where it was before the new indent appears, and a tab is added for the indent.
Advance Spacing before
Spacing between paragraphs Spacing after
Justification
Left
Center
Right
Full Alignment
Left
Center
Right
Justified WordPerfect converts all to full justification.
Line spacing
Multiple
At least
Fixed line height Line spacing
Multiple
At least
Exactly WordPerfect treats line height and line spacing as two separate issues, while Microsoft Word treats them both as line spacing. When exporting to Microsoft Word and both are specified, the second one is used as the line spacing in Microsoft Word.
Tab definition
Left
Center
Right
Decimal
Left
...Leader
-Leader
____Leader Tabs
Left
Center
Right
Decimal
Bar
...Leader
-Leader
____Leader Microsoft Word has first-line indents and paragraph indents. WordPerfect lets you add an indent anywhere in a paragraph. Lines following that indent are indented.
If you specify a first-line indent, and then apply a few indents before typing text, WordPerfect makes the first-line indent equal 0 and indents the paragraph.
The left and right margin adjustments in WordPerfect are translated to indents in Microsoft Word during import and export.
Tab definition Default tab stop
Widow/orphan Widow/orphan control
Block protect Keep lines together
Keep with next WordPerfect has the option to keep the text together at text level (block), while Microsoft Word can only keep text together at paragraph level.
Conditional end of page Not supported in Microsoft Word.
Hard page break Page break before paragraph
Suppress line numbers
Don't hyphenate
Borders
Single
Single
Thick
Thick
Extra thick
Extra thick
Double
Double
Double
Dotted
Dashed
Shadow
Color
Inside spacing Borders
3/4 point
11/2 points
21/4 points
3 points
41/2 points
6 points
3/4 point double
11/2 points double
21/4 points double
Dotted
Dash
Shadow
Color
From text
Art borders
Shading
Shading percentage
Pattern
Foreground color
Background color Shading
Shading amount
Pattern
Foreground color
Background color WordPerfect maps what it can from its set of patterns to match those used in Microsoft Word. All other patterns are exported as the Trellis pattern. The foreground and background colors have the same limitations as the other colors (mapping from RGB to the 16-color table of Microsoft Word). If the converted foreground and background colors are the same and the original WordPerfect foreground and background colors were not the same, WordPerfect exports the background color as Automatic.
WordPerfect has page, column, and paragraph shading, while Microsoft Word has only paragraph shading.
Paragraph, column, and page shading are exported as paragraph shading.
Bullets Bullets When you open a Microsoft Word document in WordPerfect, WordPerfect assigns a style to the bullet character and inserts a tab after the character.
WordPerfect does not convert the distance of the bullet from the text or the alignment features, but sets it to the 1/2-inch default.
Microsoft Word 97 has a feature called Number Position, which sets number alignment (right, left, or center) in numbered lists. This feature is not available in WordPerfect 10.
Outline definition
Font size
Alignment
Distance from text Numbered
Size
Outline definition
Font size Multilevel numbering
Size
Alignment
Distance from text
Outline definition Heading numbering
Importing page formatting
The following table contains page formatting features available in Microsoft Word and WordPerfect, and notes about how each application handles formatting.
Import to WordPerfect From Microsoft Word Notes
Newspaper columns
Number of
Width
Spacing
Column border Columns
Number of
Width
Spacing
Line between
Columns Microsoft Word does not support columns in headers, footers, or parallel columns, and so they are exported as tables.
Microsoft Word does not support column shading, and so it is converted as paragraph shading.
New top margin Header position
Binding Gutter You can change the gutter binding only once at the beginning of a document. Multiple changes to the gutter binding are not supported.
Printing offset Mirror margins
Paper source
Vertical alignment
Top
Center
Top Vertical alignment
Top
Center
Justified
Line numbering
Start at
From left edge of page
Numbering interval
Restart page
Restart numbering
Continuous Line numbering
Start at
From text
Count by
Restart page
Restart section
Continuous Line Numbering is almost the same in WordPerfect and Microsoft Word, but Microsoft Word does not support the starting line number. Therefore, even if you change the line numbering format, the starting line number does not change. The previous last number is taken into consideration for the next number.
Column break
Page break
Force odd
Force even Continuous section
Start
New column
New page
Odd page
Even page
Headers/footers
Odd/even
Odd Headers/footers
Different odd and even
Different first page
Importing custom formatting features
The following table contains custom formatting features available in Microsoft Word and WordPerfect, and notes about how each application handles formatting.
Import to WordPerfect From Microsoft Word Notes
Hidden text Annotation
Templates
Footnotes
Bottom of page
Beneath text
Number format
Arabic
ROMAN
roman
ALPHA
alpha
Asterisks
Custom mark
Start at
Numbering
Continuous
Restart each page
Restart
Numbering
2"-line separator Footnotes
Bottom of page
Beneath text
Number format
Arabic
ROMAN
roman
ALPHA
alpha
Asterisks
Custom mark
Start at
Numbering
Continuous
Restart each page
Restart each section
Separator line
Continuation message
Continuation line Footnote and endnote line-separator properties cannot be changed in Microsoft Word 97. In WordPerfect, you can set the space before or after the separator, as well as the length and position of the separator. Microsoft Word always shows the separator line, and the style of the separator line cannot be changed. Unlike Microsoft Word, WordPerfect has spacing between footnotes and endnotes. WordPerfect conversion, however, does not let you manually set numbers for footnotes and endnotes; it supports only automatically running numbers. In Microsoft Word 97, the footnote numbers must be sequential. The only way to export manual numbering from WordPerfect to Microsoft Word 97 is to set manual numbering from the beginning. For example, if the first five footnotes are automatically numbered and the rest of the numbers are manually numbered, they will not export correctly.
Microsoft Word does not allow two different sections to display footnotes on the same page. Microsoft Word breaks the page at the second section; however, it does not insert a hard page break. This is Microsoft Word behavior. When you export, you must break sections when you change margins, disable columns, or alter headers and footers.
Endnotes
Print endnotes here
Restart numbering Endnotes
End of section
Restart each section See Footnotes section above.
Shapes Drawing objects You can convert graphics from a WordPerfect document to a Microsoft Word document. Certain features, such as wrapping the picture in a frame, are not supported. The wrapping that is supported is the same as it is for text boxes. For advanced wrapping, Microsoft Word uses office shapes, which WordPerfect does not support.
WordPerfect converts text boxes to frames in Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word frames support most of the functionality of text boxes but only two types of text wrapping. The following information is lost or may convert incorrectly when you convert Microsoft Word text boxes: some text wrapping information; properties, such as box stays on page and vertical positioning of text; nested text boxes; linked text boxes.
Cross-references WordPerfect and Microsoft Word handle cross-references differently. WordPerfect defines multiple tags as targets, and then generates the cross-reference, which references all the targets. Microsoft Word requires numbered lists, bookmarks, footnotes, and so on. Bookmark names cannot be duplicated.
There are two conversion options:
1) Create a tag for each bookmark, and have Microsoft Word generate the cross-reference for each bookmark.
This option can be used only for tags defined before the cross-reference command in WordPerfect. Forward references are not supported.
2) Convert the generated cross-references to plain text. WordPerfect uses this option.
Styles
Paragraph
Paired Styles
Paragraph
Character WordPerfect supports many more features in Styles than Microsoft Word. Features that cannot be expressed in a Microsoft Word Style are applied directly to the document whenever the style is used.
WordPerfect does not support the Enter Key Inserts Style function. Pressing Enter inserts the same style.
Graphics styles
Index Index WordPerfect supports the following page number positions for indexes: Text[SPACE]#, Text[TAB]#, and Text[COMMASPACE]#. All other positions are converted to the Microsoft Word default Text[DOTTEDTAB]#. WordPerfect does not convert the page number format because Microsoft Word does not support page number format for indexes. WordPerfect does not convert Use-dash-to-show-consecutive-pages features because they are not available in Microsoft Word. Concordance files are not converted because concordance files work differently in Microsoft Word.
Table of authorities Table of authorities WordPerfect does not convert page number positions and page number formats for tables of authorities. You can use the dash to show consecutive pages.
Lists Table of figures WordPerfect supports the following page number positions in lists: No numbering, Text[SPACE]#, and Text[TAB]#. All other positions are converted to the Microsoft Word default Text[DOTTEDTAB]#, except for the Text[DOTTEDTAB]#, which is converted to Text[TAB]#. WordPerfect does not convert page number formats because Microsoft Word does not support such formats for lists. List box captions are not exported to Microsoft Word.
Table of contents Table of contents The page number position in Tables of contents is not converted in Microsoft Word. WordPerfect lets you specify page number positions for each level. Microsoft Word lets you specify one definition for the entire Table of contents.
Routing Slip
Descriptive name
Abstract Title
Manager
Company
Category
Comments
Other fields
Users defined
Fields
Graphics box Picture There are the same limitations as there are with shapes (wrapping).
Object Object There are the same limitations as there are with shapes (wrapping).
Language Language Language identification is the same in Microsoft Word and WordPerfect. If a language match is not available in WordPerfect, WordPerfect converts the language to English or tries to get the closest match.
Boxes
Borders
Horizontal position
Page
Left
Center
Right
Left
Right
Value
Margin
Left
Center
Right
Left
Right
Value
Column
Left
Center
Right
Left
Right
Value Frames
Borders
Horizontal position
Page
Left
Center
Right
Inside
Outside
Value
Margin
Left
Center
Right
Inside
Outside
Value
Column
Left
Center
Right
Inside
Outside
Value
Boxes
Vertical position
Page
Top
Center
Bottom
Value
Margin
Top
Center
Bottom
Value
Paragraph
Value
Size
Text wrapping
Neither side
Larger side
Captions Frames
Vertical position
Page
Top
Center
Bottom
Value
Margin
Top
Center
Bottom
Value
Paragraph
Value
Size
Text wrapping
None
Wrapping
Captions
Page numbers Page numbers In Microsoft Word, page numbers are part of the header, footer; page number formats, or on/off are section specific. In some cases suppressing or changing formats of page numbers will show up on the following page (compared to WordPerfect) in Microsoft Word.
Tables
Borders
Cell height
Cell width Tables
Borders
Formulas
Number format
Cell height
Cell width WordPerfect lets you set left and right margins in columns. Microsoft Word deals with this as spacing between columns that is the same for every row. You can convert left and right margins by taking the minimum of all the margins in the row and exporting the minimum as the spacing.
Shading and fills in tables are exported. You can export WordPerfect patterns to Microsoft Word patterns. All patterns that do not map are exported as the Trellis pattern. The foreground and background colors have the same limitations as the other colors (mapping from RGB to the 16-color table of Microsoft Word). If the converted foreground and background are the same and the original WordPerfect foreground and background colors are not, WordPerfect exports the background color as Automatic. If WordPerfect finds a table whose columns do not fit in the page margins, the tables are adjusted. However, the original column widths are exported. In Microsoft Word, the tables reach beyond the page margins.
Symbols (formerly called WordPerfect characters) Form fields
Symbols (formerly called WordPerfect characters) Special character WordPerfect symbols are exported using a font, character combination. To see the symbol in Microsoft Word, the WordPerfect font must be installed.
Hard Break Page Break
Hard Columns Column Break
Normal Text Caption
Importing field commands
The following table contains field commands for Microsoft Word, and their equivalents once they are imported into WordPerfect, and notes about how each application handles formatting.
Import to WordPerfect From Microsoft Word Notes
Advance ADVANCE field
ASK field
AUTHOR field
Display Paragraph Number AUTONUM field
Display Paragraph Number AUTONUMLGL field
Display Paragraph Number AUTONUMOUT field
AUTOTEXT field
Barcode BARCODE field
COMMENTS field
COMPARE field
CREATEDATE
DATABASE field
Date DATE field Microsoft Word 97 does not support the following date and time field options: capitalized weekday; capitalized weekday abbreviation; capitalized month; capitalized month abbreviation; Roman numbers for year; lead space; zeroformonths/days/hours/minutes/seconds; "p" and "P" abbreviation for P.M., "a" and "A" abbreviation for A.M..
DDE start and end DDE field
DDE start and end DDEHOT field
DOCPROPERTY field
EDITTIME field
EXPRESSION field
FILENAME field
FILESIZE field
FILLIN field
Box character FORMCHECKBOX field
FORMLISTBOX field
FORMTEXTBOX field
Object box EMBED field
EQ field
GLOSSARY field
Hypertext GOTO BUTTON field
IF field
Graphics box IMPORT field
Subdocument INCLUDE field
Graphics box INCLUDEPICTURE field
INCLUDETEXT field
Index definition INDEX field
INFO field
KEYWORDS field
LASTSAVEDBY field
Object box LINK field
Hypertext MACROBUTTON field
MERGEFIELD field
MERGEREC field
MERGESEQ field
NEXT field
NEXTIF field
NOTEREF field
NUMCHARS field
NUMPAGES field
NUMWORDS field
Page number PAGE field
PAGEREF field
PRINT field
PRINTDATE field
PRIVATE field
QUOTE field
REF field
RD field
REVNUM field
SAVEDATE field
SECTION field
SECTIONPAGES field
SEQ field
SET field
SKIPIF field
STYLEREF field
SUBJECT field
Symbol (formerly called WordPerfect characters) SYMBOL field
Table of authorities entry TA field
Table of contents or list entry TC field
Define table of authorities TOA field
Define table of contents TOC field
TEMPLATE field
Date/time command TIME field
TITLE field
USERADDRESS field
USERINITIAL field
USERNAME field
Index entry XE field
Exporting fonts and font styles
The following table contains font and font styles exported from WordPerfect to Microsoft Word, and notes about how each application handles the formatting.
Export from WordPerfect To Microsoft Word Notes
Underline Underline All forms of underlining convert.
Small caps SmallCaps
Small caps AllCaps Convert to small caps because WordPerfect does not have AllCaps.
Strikeout Strikethrough Double strikeout is not supported in WordPerfect and is converted to single strikeout.
Redlining Redlining Only used in Microsoft Word for Revision mode.
Word and letter spacing Spacing
Animated text
Advance Position
Kerning
Highlight colors
Single underline Text borders
Box shadow
3D custom All are converted to single underline for individual words, but paragraph borders do work.
Export paragraph features
The following table contains paragraph features for Microsoft Word and WordPerfect that help you export files more effectively.
Export from WordPerfect To Microsoft Word Notes
Left margin adj
Right margin adj
First line indent Left indent
Right indent
First line indent
Hanging indent Hanging indent WordPerfect uses left margin adjustment and first-line adjustment to create a hanging indent. WordPerfect also creates a tab definition, which is automatically set at the left indent. WordPerfect inserts a tab between the first-line indent and the left indent that stops at the left indent.
The Don't add automatic Tab stop for hanging option in Microsoft Word is respected on import.
Advance Spacing before
Spacing between paragraphs Spacing after
Justification
Left
Center
Right
Full Alignment
Left
Center
Right
Justified Microsoft Word does not support the all justification feature.
Line spacing
Multiple
At least
Fixed line height Line spacing
Multiple
At least
Exactly
Tab definition
Left
Center
Right
Decimal
Left
...Leader
-Leader
____Leader Tabs
Left
Center
Right
Decimal
Bar
...Leader
-Leader
____Leader In Microsoft Word, if there is a space for the default tab sets between the last defined tab stop and the right margin, WordPerfect defines them in the tab definition.
Tab definition Default tab stop The tab definition starts at 0 and sets a tab stop at the default distance between the previous tab and the right margin.
Widow/orphan Widow/orphan control
Block protect Keep lines together
Keep with next WordPerfect places the block protect around the current paragraph and the next paragraph. If you do not have the Keep lines together option enabled, WordPerfect may break the text in a different location.
Conditional end of page Not applicable.
Hard page break Page break before paragraph
Suppress line numbers WordPerfect does not convert suppress line numbers; line numbers continue.
Don't hyphenate WordPerfect does not convert this feature.
Borders
Single
Single
Thick
Thick
Extra thick
Extra thick
Double
Double
Double
Dotted
Dashed
Shadow
Color
Inside spacing Borders
3/4 point
11/2 points
21/4 points
3 points
41/2 points
6 points
3/4 point double
11/2 points double
21/4 points double
Dotted
Dash
Shadow
Color
From text
Art borders WordPerfect converts Auto Color to black.
Shadow Borders do convert, but there can be minor variances in the direction of the shadow.
WordPerfect does not convert Art Borders; the border is lost.
Shading
Shading percentage
Pattern
Foreground color
Background color Shading
Shading amount
Pattern
Foreground color
Background color The patterns in Microsoft Word and the patterns in WordPerfect are not the same, though the patterns in Microsoft Word convert to a WordPerfect pattern that is similar in style. WordPerfect uses only the background color when using patterns. A shading value applies only to the foreground color. Unlike Microsoft Word, WordPerfect does not mix the background and foreground colors.
Bullets Bullets WordPerfect and Microsoft Word have different bullet types. Bullets export as round bullets.
Outline definition
Text before
Number type
Font Size
Alignment
Distance from text
Hanging indent
Start At Numbered
Text before
Number type
Size
Hanging indent
Start At The outline definition cannot contain the following characters in text before or text after: A, al, I, X, or x 1.
WordPerfect places the font and font size commands before and after the display paragraph number commands to imitate the display in Microsoft Word.
The hanging indent may be affected by the first line and left indents that are already set.
WordPerfect does not convert alignment and distance from text. Distance is set to the 1/2-inch default.
Outline definition
Levels 1-9
Text before
Number type
ALPHA
alpha
ROMAN
roman
Arabic
Text after
Font
Font size
Color
Hanging indent
Start at Multilevel numbering
Levels 1-9
Text before
Number type
ALPHA
alpha
ROMAN
roman
Arabic
Text after
Font
Size
Color
Alignment
Distance from text
Hanging indent
Start at WordPerfect converts Level 9 to Level 8. The outline definition cannot contain the following characters in text before or text after: A, al, I, X, or x 1.
WordPerfect places the font and font size commands before and after the display paragraph number commands to imitate the display in Microsoft Word.
The hanging indent may be affected by the first line and left indents that are already set.
WordPerfect does not convert alignment and distance from text. Distance is set to the 1/2-inch default.
Outline definition Heading numbering See multilevel numbering for more information.
Export page features
The following table contains page features for Microsoft Word and WordPerfect that help you export files more effectively.
Export from WordPerfect To Microsoft Word Notes
Newspaper columns
Number of
Width
Spacing
Column border Columns
Number of
Width
Spacing
Line between
Columns
New top margin Header position WordPerfect positions Microsoft Word footers at the bottom margin. This causes the last line of text to start at a position that is not the specified bottom margin. WordPerfect adds a tab between the number and the text in the footer.
Binding Gutter
Printing offset Mirror margins WordPerfect calculates the difference between the Microsoft Word mirror margins. The printing offset creates new left and right margin commands.
Paper source WordPerfect does not convert paper source. The paper source is lost.
Vertical alignment
Top
Center
Top Vertical alignment
Top
Center
Justified
Line numbering
Start at
From left edge of page
Numbering interval
Restart page
Restart numbering
Continuous Line numbering
Start at
From text
Count by
Restart page
Restart section
Continuous
Column break
Page break
Force odd
Force even Continuous section
Start
New column
New page
Odd page
Even page WordPerfect does not have sections like Microsoft Word. When users convert a Microsoft Word file to a WordPerfect file, WordPerfect converts section breaks to equivalent breaks in WordPerfect. For example, new page in Microsoft Word becomes a page break in WordPerfect.
Headers/footers
Odd/even
Odd Headers/footers
Different odd and even
Different first page WordPerfect has two header and two footer settings: Header/footer A and Header/footer B.
When you enable the Place on every page option, headers and footers on every page automatically convert to Header/footer A; when you enable the Place on every odd page option, headers and footers on odd pages automatically convert to Header/footer A; when you enable the Place on even page option, headers and footers automatically convert to Header/footer B.
Export formatting features
The following table contains formatting features for Microsoft Word and WordPerfect that help you export files more effectively.
Export from WordPerfect To Microsoft Word Notes
Hidden text Annotation
Templates WordPerfect does not convert templates.
Footnotes
Bottom of page
Beneath text
Number format
Arabic
ROMAN
roman
ALPHA
alpha
Asterisks
Custom mark
Start at
Numbering
Continuous
Restart each page
Restart
Numbering
2" line separator Footnotes
Bottom of page
Beneath text
Number format
Arabic
ROMAN
roman
ALPHA
alpha
Asterisks
Custom mark
Start at
Numbering
Continuous
Restart each page
Restart each section
Separator line
Continuation message
Continuation line WordPerfect does not convert continuation messages or separator lines.
Endnotes
Print endnotes here
End of document
Number format
Arabic
ROMAN
roman
ALPHA
alpha
Asterisks
Custom mark
Start at
Numbering
Continuous
Restart numbering Endnotes
End of section
End of document
Number format
Arabic
ROMAN
roman
ALPHA
alpha
Asterisks
Custom mark
Start at
Numbering
Continuous
Restart each section
Shapes Drawing objects WordPerfect converts all drawing objects, except braced brackets, to equivalent shapes.
Bookmarks Bookmarks WordPerfect converts bookmarks but preserves only the Go To feature. Because WordPerfect cannot nest or overlap bookmarks, a bookmark may not span all the text with which it is associated.
Cross-references WordPerfect does not convert cross-references.
Styles
Paragraph
Paired Styles
Paragraph
Character Microsoft Word styles convert to the appropriate WordPerfect style. Generally, converting styles works well; however, when Microsoft Word styles interact with direct commands in WordPerfect, the formatting may not be exactly the same as in the original document.
Style names are truncated to 12 characters-WordPerfect ensures that the names are unique.
Graphics styles WordPerfect exports the graphics style as a part of the exported graphic.
Index Index Microsoft Word has many index options. WordPerfect converts only text that is in the XE field command. WordPerfect automatically converts the index by using WordPerfect default settings.
Table of authorities Table of authorities Microsoft Word has many table of authorities options. WordPerfect converts only text that is in the TA field command. WordPerfect converts the table of authorities with the page numbers right justified with dot leaders.
Lists Table of figures Microsoft Word has many table of figures options. WordPerfect converts only text that is in the TC field.
Table of contents Table of contents Microsoft Word has many table of contents options. WordPerfect only converts text that is in the TC field command or styles heading 1 through heading 9. WordPerfect provides only five levels in the table of contents. As a result, levels 6 through 9 automatically become level 5 entries. When users convert a file, WordPerfect uses default style settings to create a table of contents.
WordPerfect places text in the TC field command in hidden text with the mark for table of contents commands around it. Because the text is hidden, you must display hidden text before generating a new table of contents. If you do not display the hidden text when generating a new table of contents, these entries will not be placed in the table of contents.
Routing slip WordPerfect does not convert routing slips.
Document summary
Descriptive name
Subject
Author
Keywords
Abstract Document summary
Title
Subject
Author
Manager
Company
Category
Keywords
Comments
Other fields
Users defined
Fields WordPerfect does not convert the document summary for manager, company, or category.
Graphics box Picture
Language Language WordPerfect does not support all languages. If WordPerfect does not support the language, it shows unknown language commands.
Boxes
Borders
Horizontal position
Page
Left
Center
Right
Left
Right
Value
Margin
Left
Center
Right
Left
Right
Value
Column
Left
Center
Right
Left
Right
Value Frames
Borders
Horizontal position
Page
Left
Center
Right
Inside
Outside
Value
Margin
Left
Center
Right
Inside
Outside
Value
Column
Left
Center
Right
Inside
Outside
Value WordPerfect does not convert color borders.
Boxes
Neither side
Larger side
Captions Frames
None
Wrapping
Captions WordPerfect converts text that wraps around the box to wrap around the larger side. When you position a box in the center of a column and there is sufficient room between the box and both margins, you can set the text wrapping to both sides.
Date Date WordPerfect converts Microsoft Word date formats to equivalent WordPerfect date formats.
Time Time WordPerfect converts Microsoft Word time formats to equivalent WordPerfect time formats.
Tables
Tables
Formulas
Number format WordPerfect does not convert formulas or number formats; WordPerfect converts the formula result and places it in the cell as text.
Symbols (formerly called WordPerfect characters) Form fields WordPerfect converts a check box to a box character and a checked box to an enabled box character. WordPerfect does not convert any other form fields.
Symbols (formerly called WordPerfect characters) Special character WordPerfect converts special characters to equivalent symbols.
Hard break Page break
Hard columns Column break
Normal text Caption
Export field commands
The following table contains field commands for Microsoft Word and WordPerfect that help you export files more effectively.
Export from WordPerfect To Microsoft Word Notes
Advance ADVANCE field
ASK field WordPerfect does not convert the ASK field.
AUTHOR field WordPerfect does not convert the AUTHOR field to results text.
Display paragraph number AUTONUM field WordPerfect replaces AUTONUM with Paragraph Numbering if all heading levels in the Microsoft Word document are Arabic, followed by a period, with the previous level attached (for example, 1.1, 1.2, and so on).
Display paragraph number AUTONUMLGL field WordPerfect replaces AUTONUMLGL with paragraph numbering if all heading levels in the Microsoft Word document are Arabic, followed by a period, with the previous level attached (for example, 1.1, 1.2, and so on).
Display paragraph number AUTONUMOUT field WordPerfect uses default paragraph numbering to convert AUTONUMOUT from Microsoft Word documents.
AUTOTEXT field WordPerfect does not convert the AUTOTEXT field.
Barcode BARCODE field
COMMENTS field WordPerfect does not convert comments.
COMPARE field WordPerfect converts only the results.
CREATEDATE WordPerfect converts only the results.
DATABASE field WordPerfect does not convert the DATABASE field.
Date DATE field
DDE start and end DDE field
DDE start and end DDEHOT field
DOCPROPERTY field WordPerfect converts only the results.
EDITTIME field WordPerfect converts only the results.
EXPRESSION field WordPerfect converts only the results.
FILENAME field WordPerfect converts only the results.
FILESIZE field WordPerfect converts only the results.
FILLIN field WordPerfect does not convert the FILLIN field.
Box character FORMCHECKBOX field WordPerfect converts the check box to a box character. WordPerfect enables the box character, depending on whether the Microsoft Word check box is enabled or disabled.
FORMLISTBOX field WordPerfect does not convert the FORMLISTBOX field.
FORMTEXTBOX field WordPerfect does not convert the FORMTEXTBOX field
Object box EMBED field
EQ field WordPerfect converts only the results.
GLOSSARY field WordPerfect does not convert the GLOSSARY field.
Hypertext GOTO BUTTON field
IF field WordPerfect converts only the results.
Graphics box IMPORT field The box contains graphics on a disk.
Subdocument INCLUDE field
Graphics box INCLUDEPICTURE field Box contains a graphic or a graphic on disk, depending whether the graphic in the INCLUDEPICTURE command is present in the document.
INCLUDETEXT field WordPerfect converts only the results.
Index definition INDEX field
INFO field WordPerfect converts only the results.
KEYWORDS field WordPerfect converts only the results.
LASTSAVEDBY field WordPerfect converts only the results.
Object box LINK field
Hypertext MACROBUTTON field WordPerfect creates a hypertext link when you convert a Microsoft Word file with MACROBUTTON. Since the macro name is a Microsoft Word macro, it cannot be used in WordPerfect.
MERGEFIELD field WordPerfect converts only the results.
MERGEREC field WordPerfect converts only the results.
MERGESEQ field WordPerfect converts only the results.
NEXT field WordPerfect does not convert the NEXT field.
NEXTIF field WordPerfect does not convert the NEXTIF field.
NOTEREF field WordPerfect converts only the results.
NUMCHARS field WordPerfect converts only the results.
NUMPAGES field WordPerfect converts only the results.
NUMWORDS field WordPerfect converts only the results.
Page number PAGE field
PAGEREF field WordPerfect converts only the results.
PRINT field WordPerfect does not convert the PRINT field.
PRINTDATE field WordPerfect converts only the results.
PRIVATE field WordPerfect does not convert the PRIVATE field.
QUOTE field WordPerfect does not convert the QUOTE field.
REF field WordPerfect does not convert the REF field.
RD field WordPerfect does not convert the RD field.
REVNUM field WordPerfect does not convert the REVNUM field.
SAVEDATE field WordPerfect does not convert the SAVEDATE field.
SECTION field WordPerfect converts only the results.
SECTIONPAGES field WordPerfect does not convert the SECTIONPAGES field.
SEQ field WordPerfect does not convert the SEQ field.
SET field WordPerfect does not convert the SET field.
SKIPIF field WordPerfect does not convert the SKIPIF field.
STYLEREF field WordPerfect does not convert the STYLEREF field.
SUBJECT field WordPerfect does not convert the SUBJECT field.
Symbol (formerly called WordPerfect Characters) SYMBOL field Microsoft Word symbols that do not have an equivalent symbol in WordPerfect are automatically converted to a different font and the WordPerfect character that has the character set 12.
Table of authorities entry TA field
Table of contents or list entry TC field
Define table of authorities TOA field
Define table of contents TOC field
TEMPLATE field WordPerfect does not convert the TEMPLATE field.
Date/time command TIME field
TITLE field WordPerfect converts only the results.
USERADDRESS field WordPerfect converts only the results.
USERINITIAL field WordPerfect converts only the results.
USERNAME field WordPerfect converts only the results.
