2008/4/1, John Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have now installed OpenOffice 2.4, and wish to convert my documents > from WordPerfect 6.0a ... does anyone know how I may achieve that? > -- > John H Atkinson >
Hello John, You can open WP files in Writer. Don't know whether there is a batch procedure to do them all in one go... (the Wizard Conversion for Docs only works for StarOffice and MSOffice.) Form the Migration Guide http://fr.openoffice.org/files/documents/67/3973/0600MG-MigrationGuide.pdf What are the issues when migrating from > WordPerfect to Writer? > Can I open WordPerfect files in OOo? > Yes, a WordPerfect filter is now available in the standard OpenOffice.org > installation. > What macros are available to make Writer work > more like WordPerfect? > Reveal codes > OpenOffice.org's Writer does not have underlying codes in the same way > that WordPerfect > does. But a macro is being written that will allow you to work in a > similar way to > WordPerfect's reveal codes. See RevealCodes3.sxw available at > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ for more information. > Hanging indents > The hanging indent concept in Writer is quite different from the concept > used in WordPerfect. > The best approach in OpenOffice.org is to use styles, but to ease the > transition, see either > AltKeyHandler.sxw or Indents.sxw available from > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/ for a macro that > approximates WordPerfect's > way of implementing hanging indents. > HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
