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Converting large WordPerfect documents to Word
I have many large technical documents that are in WP format. These documents
also have very specific formatting requirements, not the general outline list contained in Word. I need to convert them to Word 2003. I have read up on styles and templates and would like to pull these documents into a template that uses styles instead of direct formatting to make the documents easy to edit later on. I am not sure how to do this....do I have to remove all the codes from the WP documents and then manually assign the style to each paragragh or section in the Word document. Am I going about this correctly? Any thoughts on how to accomplish the conversion so I have a well-structured new document would be appreciated. I am using Word 2003 and converting from WP 11 |
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Converting large WordPerfect documents to Word
Oh, boy - what fun! First, from Word 2003, browse to one of the wordperfect
documents and click open and let it do it's conversion thing to see what results you will get. You may lose much of your original formatting. If it stays intact you're in luck. You can highlight headings that you have applied direct formatting to (unless it's outline numbered - in that case, build your styles from scratch and apply them.) and then from the styles menu, choose "new style". Give your style a name, and it will adopt the settings of whatever you have highlighted. Then highlight that heading again and apply the new style. I've certainly oversimplified this process here, so if you have any trouble let me know and I can provide more detail. Good luck on your big task! -- Word Angel Document Design Services Have someone fix your document for you! www.wordangel.com "Mary" wrote: I have many large technical documents that are in WP format. These documents also have very specific formatting requirements, not the general outline list contained in Word. I need to convert them to Word 2003. I have read up on styles and templates and would like to pull these documents into a template that uses styles instead of direct formatting to make the documents easy to edit later on. I am not sure how to do this....do I have to remove all the codes from the WP documents and then manually assign the style to each paragragh or section in the Word document. Am I going about this correctly? Any thoughts on how to accomplish the conversion so I have a well-structured new document would be appreciated. I am using Word 2003 and converting from WP 11 |
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I think I understand what you mean, and it makes sense. Will I have to do
that for each document? There is quite a bit of outlines/indenting going on in each document, so do I have to create the "new style" in each document? "WordAngel" wrote: Oh, boy - what fun! First, from Word 2003, browse to one of the wordperfect documents and click open and let it do it's conversion thing to see what results you will get. You may lose much of your original formatting. If it stays intact you're in luck. You can highlight headings that you have applied direct formatting to (unless it's outline numbered - in that case, build your styles from scratch and apply them.) and then from the styles menu, choose "new style". Give your style a name, and it will adopt the settings of whatever you have highlighted. Then highlight that heading again and apply the new style. I've certainly oversimplified this process here, so if you have any trouble let me know and I can provide more detail. Good luck on your big task! -- Word Angel Document Design Services Have someone fix your document for you! www.wordangel.com "Mary" wrote: I have many large technical documents that are in WP format. These documents also have very specific formatting requirements, not the general outline list contained in Word. I need to convert them to Word 2003. I have read up on styles and templates and would like to pull these documents into a template that uses styles instead of direct formatting to make the documents easy to edit later on. I am not sure how to do this....do I have to remove all the codes from the WP documents and then manually assign the style to each paragragh or section in the Word document. Am I going about this correctly? Any thoughts on how to accomplish the conversion so I have a well-structured new document would be appreciated. I am using Word 2003 and converting from WP 11 |
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Hello Mary,
Check the free MS download for batch conversion from WP to Word at this URL: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/he...513581033.aspx Hope it helps, -- Brian McCaffery "Mary" wrote: I think I understand what you mean, and it makes sense. Will I have to do that for each document? There is quite a bit of outlines/indenting going on in each document, so do I have to create the "new style" in each document? "WordAngel" wrote: Oh, boy - what fun! First, from Word 2003, browse to one of the wordperfect documents and click open and let it do it's conversion thing to see what results you will get. You may lose much of your original formatting. If it stays intact you're in luck. You can highlight headings that you have applied direct formatting to (unless it's outline numbered - in that case, build your styles from scratch and apply them.) and then from the styles menu, choose "new style". Give your style a name, and it will adopt the settings of whatever you have highlighted. Then highlight that heading again and apply the new style. I've certainly oversimplified this process here, so if you have any trouble let me know and I can provide more detail. Good luck on your big task! -- Word Angel Document Design Services Have someone fix your document for you! www.wordangel.com "Mary" wrote: I have many large technical documents that are in WP format. These documents also have very specific formatting requirements, not the general outline list contained in Word. I need to convert them to Word 2003. I have read up on styles and templates and would like to pull these documents into a template that uses styles instead of direct formatting to make the documents easy to edit later on. I am not sure how to do this....do I have to remove all the codes from the WP documents and then manually assign the style to each paragragh or section in the Word document. Am I going about this correctly? Any thoughts on how to accomplish the conversion so I have a well-structured new document would be appreciated. I am using Word 2003 and converting from WP 11 |
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No. That's the beauty of styles! Once you get your styles created, you can
do what I call "Stealing Styles" to copy them into each document. Stealing Styles: 1. From the document that's doing the stealing - choose Tools Templates and ad-ins 2. Click on the Organizer button 3. On the right-hand side of the pop-up window click on the Close File button twice to browse to the document that has styles that you want. 4. Highlight the styles you want (CNTRL + Click) and then click on the Copy button. Now those styles will be in your document so you'll just need to "apply" them individual throughout your document. Thanks, Angel -- Word Angel Document Design Services Have someone fix your document for you! www.wordangel.com "Mary" wrote: I think I understand what you mean, and it makes sense. Will I have to do that for each document? There is quite a bit of outlines/indenting going on in each document, so do I have to create the "new style" in each document? "WordAngel" wrote: Oh, boy - what fun! First, from Word 2003, browse to one of the wordperfect documents and click open and let it do it's conversion thing to see what results you will get. You may lose much of your original formatting. If it stays intact you're in luck. You can highlight headings that you have applied direct formatting to (unless it's outline numbered - in that case, build your styles from scratch and apply them.) and then from the styles menu, choose "new style". Give your style a name, and it will adopt the settings of whatever you have highlighted. Then highlight that heading again and apply the new style. I've certainly oversimplified this process here, so if you have any trouble let me know and I can provide more detail. Good luck on your big task! -- Word Angel Document Design Services Have someone fix your document for you! www.wordangel.com "Mary" wrote: I have many large technical documents that are in WP format. These documents also have very specific formatting requirements, not the general outline list contained in Word. I need to convert them to Word 2003. I have read up on styles and templates and would like to pull these documents into a template that uses styles instead of direct formatting to make the documents easy to edit later on. I am not sure how to do this....do I have to remove all the codes from the WP documents and then manually assign the style to each paragragh or section in the Word document. Am I going about this correctly? Any thoughts on how to accomplish the conversion so I have a well-structured new document would be appreciated. I am using Word 2003 and converting from WP 11 |
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