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Re: Converting old Word Perfect Files
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I had the small business edition of word97 running on NT, which could not
convert the files. When I tried it on another computer running the
Office Pro 97 version of word under 95, it worked fine.
thanks for your help.
kyle
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On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, LeRoy D. Cressy wrote:
> Kyle Burton wrote:
> >
> > Anyone know where I can get a tool taht can convert a few WordPerfect 3.x
> > format files into something more modern? WP8 for Linux only goes back
> > as far as WP 4.2 files...and MS Word only goes back to WP 6.0 files.
> >
> > I've tried Star Office and it won't convert them eiher.
> >
> > If anyone has access to software that can do this, I'd be very grateful
> > if they could convert them to either rtf, msword, or a newer version of
> > word perfect.
> >
> > Any help will be appriciated.
> >
> > kyle
>
> Hi Kyle,
>
> I looked in the reference manual for Word Perfect 5.1 and found no
> reference for converting file earlier than 4.2 format. But somewhere in
> the back of my memory, wasn't the file format for versions earlier than
> 4.2 used either the Word Star 3 format or Frame Maker? But a quick look
> through the 5.1, 6.0 and WP 8 for Linux manuals don't make any reference
> to versions earlier that 4.2. I think I saw a reference in the WP 5.0
> manual which has gone by the wayside.
>
> If I find out anything, I'll write.
>
> LeRoy
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