Mass conversion of WordPerct 10 files to Word 97-2003

[pfelton]

We want to convert our WordPerfect files all at one time.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Older versions of Word used to offer a batch file converter for WP docs. I
had thought Graham Mayor might have this at
http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm, but the only one I see is for Works.

If you google for "wordperfect to word batch file converter," you'll find a
lot of free downloads that may or may not work well; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WordPerfectConverters.htm.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Graham Mayor]

The conversion from WP to Word is by no means perfect so personally I would
recommend converting them on an ad hoc basis as they are required rather
than as a batch process all at once.

The Works converter for Word 2007 on my web site should be easily be adapted
to Word Perfect, assuming the WP converter is installed. Open the add-in
template in Word 2007 and change the reference to the filename extension
from wps in the line

Const FileType = "*.wps"

to (I assume) wpd
and change the lines

strDocName = strDocName & ".docx"
oDoc.SaveAs FileName:=strFolder & "\" & strDocName, _
FileFormat:=wdFormatDocumentDefault

to

strDocName = strDocName & ".doc"
oDoc.SaveAs FileName:=strFolder & "\" & strDocName, _
FileFormat:=wdFormatDocument97

to force the save to the halfway house Word 97-2003 format rather than Word
2007 format.

You might want to edit the dialogs also. To edit the ribbon you will need
the Office 2007 Custom UI Editor which you can download from Microsoft.

If you want to cross my palm with silver, by making a donation to my web
site, I will convert the add-in and its dialogs for you.
You will need to confirm that your WP documents have the extension wpd.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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