Converting a Word Document in WordPerfect

Issues that pertain to opening a Word document in WordPerfect

Below is a list of issues that occur when opening a Word document in WordPerfect

It is currently broken down into issues with Fonts, Paragraphs, Pages and Features

Fonts

Font features are either not converted or are converted to a slightly different variant:

Wave	not converted
All Caps	converted to Small Caps
Spacing	small difference may occur due to the differences in the way that the programs calculate spacing.
Animated Text	not converted
Kerning	not converted
Color	Auto color is converted to black except if the background is black in which case it is converted to white.
Text Animation	not converted
Text Borders	converted to single underline
Dash, Dot Dash, and Dot Dot Dash Underline	not converted

Paragraphs

The following paragraph features are either not converted or are converted to a slightly different variant:

Hanging Indent	the different way that the two programs produce a hanging indent will result in slight differences to its appearance.
Line Spacing	small difference may occur due to the differences in the way that the programs calculate spacing.
Borders	colour borders do not convert, other borders convert to the nearest equivalent.
Shading	the nearest equivalent shading will be used.
Bullets	again these are converted to the nearest equivalent

Pages

The following page features are either not converted or are interpreted differently.

Margins	text will be aligned differently relative to the page margins
Paper Source	is not converted
Sections	page breaks are inserted as required but the section definitions are not maintained

Features

The following formatting features are either not converted or are interpreted differently.

	Templates -	are not converted
	Footnote Separator Line and Continuation Message -	are not converted
	Drawing Objects Shapes	are converted to equivalent
	Bookmarks differently	are retained but interpreted
	Cross References -	are not converted
	Styles	are converted to the nearest equivalent
	Index, Table of Authorities, Table of Contents, and Table of	Figures depending on how they have been defined may lose some information during the conversion.
Routing Slip		- is not converted
Manager, Company, Category, Other Fields, and User Defined Fields in the Document Summary.		are not converted
Auto Color in Borders		is converted to black
Date and Time		will be converted to the WordPerfect equivalents
Formulae		- are not converted