At 09:41 PM 12/07/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>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).

I assume you are referring to the Mac version of Microsoft Office. I
believe that converters for WordPerfect 5 and 6 are included in Windows
Office 97 and Office 2000.

See:
<http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q133/7/96.asp>
<http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q135/2/50.asp>
<http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q183/1/38.asp>

>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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