How Character Attributes Convert Between WordPerfect and Word |
Q107794
The following is a list of all character attributes and how they convert
between Word 6.0 for Windows and WordPerfect version 5.1 for MS-DOS and
versions 5.1 and 5.2 for Windows.
All formatting-feature names listed below are based on their Word for
Windows naming conventions. When a name for a similar or equivalent feature
in WordPerfect differs, that name is included within parentheses. A key of
abbreviations is included following the table.
WP Win
Character to to
Formatting Win WP Comments
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(Attributes Defined In WordPerfect, bold and/or italic
with Base Font) attributes can be applied as an
integral part of some font
Bold Y N/A definitions. Such a definition might
appear in WordPerfect Reveal Codes
Italic Y N/A similar to the following:
Bold Italic Y N/A [Font:Bookman <Bold> 12pt]
When a document containing this type
of formatting is converted to Word,
the bold and/or italic attributes are
retained as independent formats.
Attributes Applied Independently:
Bold Y Y
Italic Y Y
Strikethrough Y Y
(Strikeout)
Hidden Y Y WordPerfect Comment entries are
(Comment) converted to hidden text in Word, and
vice versa.
Bold, italic, and underline formats
applied within a comment in
WordPerfect are retained as
independent formatting in Word.
Small caps Y Y
All caps N/A E WordPerfect's Convert Case command
(Capitalization: Uppercase and Lowercase options are
upper/lowercase) actions, not formats. If you choose
to convert case, the action is
permanent and all that remains is
capitalized text. Therefore, in
conversion to Word, capitalized text
is preserved as capitalized text, but
no all caps format is applied.
In conversion to WordPerfect, all
caps incorrectly maps to small caps.
For more information, query on the
following words:
textconv all caps wordperfect
problem
Super/subscript Y Y
Position N/A N Custom offsets above or below the
baseline are not a feature of
WordPerfect, and any setting applied
in Word reverts to the default offset
in WordPerfect.
Color P Y Word currently supports 16 font
(Print Color) colors. WordPerfect supports a larger
palette (however this is restricted
by the current printer's capability).
WordPerfect also allows adjustment of
hue, saturation (density), and
lumination (brightness).
The WordPerfect predefined colors
black, white, red, green, blue,
yellow, magenta, cyan, and gray are
converted to dark variations of the
same colors in Word. Orange and
brown, which have no equivalents, are
converted to dark red and dark
yellow, respectively. Custom color
definitions comprising any
combination of hue, saturation, and
lumination are converted to white.
(Outline) N N/A Not a feature of Word for Windows.
(Shadow) N N/A Not a feature of Word for Windows.
(Size) In WordPerfect, character size
can be changed not only by literally
Fine Y N/A specifying a new font/size, but also
by using the Size command.
Small Y N/A
When a size command is applied in
Large Y N/A WordPerfect, it changes the size of
the text it encompasses in proportion
Very large Y N/A to the size of the current base font.
Extra large Y N/A WordPerfect supplies six size
options, including Fine, Small,
Super/subscript Y N/A Large, Very Large, Extra Large, and
Super/Subscript. By default,
Changes to default N N/A these sizes are applied as 60%, 80%,
size ratios 120%, 150%, 200%, and 60% of the
current base font point size.
For example, in a WordPerfect
document containing a single font
definition of Courier 12pt, if the
Very Large Size command is applied to
text following this font definition
in the document, 200% of 12pt equals
24pt. Indeed, 24pt is the font size
that will be applied in conversion to
Word.
WordPerfect also allows changes to be
made to the size attribute ratios for
any of its 6 size formats. For
example, the ratio for Extra Large
can be changed from its default of
200% to any other percentage. Changes
to the default ratios are not
respected when a document is
converted to Word.
Spacing:
(Letterspacing)
Condensed N N
(percent of
optimal)
Expanded N N
(percent of
optimal)
(Word Spacing) N N/A
Justification N N/A
limits
Kerning
(Automatic) Y Y When converting WordPerfect documents
in which automatic kerning is active,
the Points And Above measure in Word
for the kerned text is set to the
current font size active at the
location at which kerning was applied
in the original WordPerfect document.
(Manual) Y N/A WordPerfect Manual Kerning is
actually applied within WordPerfect
documents as Advance formatting and
is converted as such. For more
information on how Advance formatting
is converted, query on the following
words:
textconv wordperfect advance
Table Key
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Y - Supported in conversion
N - Not supported in conversion
E - Emulated in appearance with loss of actual format, or emulated with
similar formatting feature
P - Partially retained
N/A - Not applicable: The source product does not have this feature. Additional query words: textconv conversion converted converts transfer transfers translation translate perfect formats formatting word6
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