Would you please let us know the details of how you are trying to open the
files in Word Perfect and how you save them in Word.
Word will save to Word Perfect 5 for Windows format. Word Perfect will
open Word files. There is something wrong with what you are doing or with
your particular configuration.
We can't help unless we have details.
Consider posting this to the conversion news group.
NEWS://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rd.conversions
Corel's news groups about Word Perfect are available through their web
site
http://www.corel.com
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satelli...=1047024361372
and by NNTP.
NEWS://cnews.corel.com/corel.WordPerfect12
is for, wait for it, Word Perfect 12.
Microsoft contact information is here.
http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=mscom
Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User
"andalucia" wrote in message
...
: Unfortunately Microsoft has made it impossible to ignore it and use
something
: else. I lived in Ireland for a year, where nothing BUT the ubiquitous
: microsoft word was available on office computers. Although I save all my
: documents in rtf, upon my return I discovered I CAN'T convert them back
to
: wordperfect. THEY MUST BE OPENED IN WORD. And now Microsoft has made it
: impossible to complain to anyone who can do anything about it. They set
up
: some discussion group to allow us to vent our spleen, but never
accomplish
: anything substantive. They don't provide a single way for me to ask a
simple
: question about how I can convert my documents back to WP, thus forcing
me to
: use their substandard product. It should be illegal.
:
: "TF" wrote:
:
: Hear! Hear! PLONK.
:
: --
: Terry Farrell - Word MVP
:
http://word.mvps.org/
:
: "Amedee Van Gasse" wrote in message
: ...
: : David shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:
: :
: : I have never come across such an ill thought out, unintuitive or
: : illogical piece of software.
: :
: : Fortunately you have every right in the world to ignore it and use
: : something else.
: : Likewise people here have every right in the world to ignore *you*
and
: : read something else.
: :
: : G'day!
: :
: : *plonk*
: :
: : --
: : Amedee Van Gasse using XanaNews 1.17.1.2
: : If it has an "X" in the name, it must be Linux?
: : Please don't thank me in advance. Thank me afterwards if it works or
: : hit me in the face if it doesn't. ;-)
:
:
: