To add to what Jay has said, for several versions now the WordPerfect
converters have tended to insert numerous section breaks (often one per
page) into converted WP documents. It's probably the section breaks that are
causing your problem. You may find it easier to see these breaks in Draft
view, but you can also search for them using ^b as a search term.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
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Geoff wrote:
Whenever I open up a Wordperfect file in Word 2007, the text is fine
and then all of a sudden it stops for about half a page. So a 5 page
document becomes 10 pages. The blank spaces are "locked" as in I cant
backspace the text up so it connects with the other text. Anybody
have any ideas? Thanks
The first thing to look at is the paragraph formatting of the first
paragraph after a blank space (right-click in the paragraph and choose
"Paragraph"). The most likely cause is on the Line & Page Breaks tab of
the dialog -- is the "Page break before" option checked?
Also check the Space Before setting of that paragraph, and the Space After
setting of the paragraph before the blank space.
Turn on nonprinting characters (press the ¶ button on the Home ribbon) and
make sure there are no section breaks or page breaks there.
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Jay Freedman
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