LawDocsXpress | Converting Documents to and from Word and WordPerfect. Corruption is not limited to politics, so learn what to do when your words get weird By Daryl Teshima Daryl Teshima is the editor-in-chief of Legal Assistant Today and Law Office Computing. He can be reached on the Internet at dteshima@netcom.com. Converting Documents to and from Word and WordPerfect Corruption is not limited to politics, so learn what to do when your words get weird The year 2000 problem, the Microsoft antitrust trial, the future regulation of the Internet-for most lawyers, these are all mere scenery in comparison to a much more immediate computer drama. Although the 1998 ABA technology survey shows that 60 percent of law firms use WordPerfect, the overwhelming majority of their clients use Microsoft Word. Conversion does not appear at first glance to be problematic, since Word and WordPerfect do the same thing-process words.
Word takes an object-oriented approach. Both formatting styles have their partisans and detractors. The Hidden Pitfall Curing Converted Documents. Legal-wp. WPDOS - Using WordPerfect Files in Microsoft Word. The problem: Open WP files in Word | Automated conversion scripts | A free on-line file converter for WPDOS 6 files | Open WPDOS files directly in Word | A replacement set of Word import filters | A solution to the problem of WP fonts in files imported into Word | VBA code to detect an imported WP file | Problems with Word 97 and 2000 | Problems with Word XP (Word 2002) | Problems with Word 2003, 2007, and 2010 | A macro for cleaning imported files | Fix empty boxes or wrong symbols in imported files | Other conversion methods | Rewrite WPDOS 5.1 macros for Word | Macros to convert WP labels to Word | Open WP files in Word for the Mac | Home page See a separate page for information on macros and scripts that convert WP documents to Word, RTF, or PDF format.
Note: This page is about converting WordPerfect files into Word format; see also the note on a separate page about WPDOS files that contain the euro symbol. The problem: How to open WPDOS files in Microsoft Word. How To Convert WordPerfect to Word - WPD to DOC. If you've been using Corel WordPerfect to create documents, but now find you need to open, edit, and save those same documents using Microsoft Word, don't worry!
Converting a WordPerfect file to a Word doc requires only a few simple steps: (1) opening the WordPerfect file in Word and then (2) saving the file in a Word document format. This article will cover the WordPerfect to Word conversion; if you're interested in learning more about MicroSoft Office software, check out the great tutorials offered by Deluxe Training. Their courses will have you navigating Word, Excel, Access and more like a pro! When you save a file, most software programs save the file in a format specific to that software. A file format is indicated by the three- or four-letter file extension that appears after the file name. Because Word and WordPerfect use different file formats, Word first must convert a WordPerfect document from .wpd to a file format it can read before it can open the file.