The WordPerfect to PDF conversion is the same as for Office 97/Word 97 to
PDF. One likely explanation is that the document was compromised when it
was translated to Office 97/Word 97, since Word will only recognize
WordPerfect 5 (published 7 or 8 years ago).

The good news is that WordPerfect will open and save to the same generation
Word files. Additionally, WordPerfect versions 6 through 9 are compatible,
so P.I.s can work together even if they are not using the same version.
Adobe Acrobat is included in the WordPerfect 9 package, so you do not have
to purchase additional software to convert files to PDF!  All this helps
P.I.s concentrate on their science instead of the mechanics of
communicating, which is "a good thing!" and which helps explain the
durability of  WordPerfect in this imperfect world!

I'd be glad to help you with the conversion if you'd like to contact me
directly.

Winnie Ennenga

At 05:48 PM 12/7/99 -0800, you wrote:
>We have a few PI's that still use WordPerfect. When creating a PDF from a
>word perfect document, formatting is compromised totally. We saved this
>document as a Office 97/Word 97 document, but the formatting is still saved
>into the new document; scanning finally worked, but an error message still
>came up before the PDF was created.  Does anyone have another solution?
>
>Thank you
>
>Joanne T. Cobble
>Proposal Services Specialist
>San Diego State University Foundation
>Research and Community Services - Development
>5250 Campanile Drive
>San Diego, CA  92182-1931
>619.594.5505
>619.594.4950 (fax)
>xxxxxx@foundation.sdsu.edu
>
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