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Converting WordStar To WordPerfect
DocumentID: 610338
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:34:30 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: WORDSTAR FILES
There are four different WordStar programs. Each one contains different features and two of them write files in a different format. Below is a explanation of each.

WordStar - The original version (3.3) of WordStar is the program that the Convert program was written for.

WordStar Professional - Versions 4.0 and 5.0 are the same format as WordStar 3.3, but with two extra features; Indexing and Mail Merge. WP does not convert indexes or primary files. The secondary files can be converted through the Mail Merge option in Convert.

WordStar 2000 - This is a different format from the original WordStar. There is an option in WordStar 2000 to save to the 3.3 WordStar format. After the internal conversion in WordStar is complete, the files can be brought into WordPerfect using the Convert Program.

WordStar 2000 + - Same format as WordStar 2000. This format must be converted internally to Version 3.3 and then you can use the same procedure as with WordStar 2000 to convert files into WordPerfect.

The following features are converted when the WordStar option is chosen. These features convert both ways except for Auto Outline which is from WordPerfect to WordStar only.

Auto Outline                        Header
Bold On/Off                        Overstrike
Center                              Page Number Inserted
Columns                              Set Lines Per Inch
Comment                              Set Page Number
Conditional End of Page            Set Pitch
Extended Characters                  Soft Hyphen
Flush Right                        Soft Page
Footer                              Soft Return
Hard Hyphen                        Superscript/Subscript
Hard Page                              Tab
Hard Return                        Underline
Hard Space

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