WD97: Word 97 RTF Document Opens Blank in WordPerfect 6.x

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In WordPerfect 6.x, when you open a Rich Text Format (RTF) document that was created in Word 97 for Windows, the document is empty.

CAUSE

WordPerfect 6.x does not correctly convert a Microsoft Unicode rich-text file (RTF).

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

• You create a document in Word 97.
  
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• You click Save As on the File menu, and save the file in the Rich Text Format (*.rtf), Word 6.0/95 (*.doc), or the Word 97 & 6.0/95 - RTF (*.doc) format.
  
  -and-



• You open the document in WordPerfect 6.x.
  
  For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:




Q177289 WD97: Why Are Two Word 6.0/95 Converters Listed in Save As Type?

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, save the Word 97 document in the WordPerfect 5.x for Windows format before you open it in WordPerfect 6.x.

MORE INFORMATION

RTF Version 1.5 has been updated to include all new control words introduced by Microsoft Word for Windows 95 version 7.0 and Word 97 for Windows.

The Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification is a method of encoding formatted text and graphics for easy transfer between applications. Currently, users depend on special translation software to move word-processing documents between different MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, Macintosh, and Power Macintosh programs.

The RTF Specification provides a format for text and graphics interchange that can be used with different output devices, operating environments, and operating systems. RTF uses the ANSI, PC-8, Macintosh, or IBM PC character set to control the representation and formatting of a document, both on the screen and in print. With the RTF Specification, documents created under different operating systems and with different software applications can be transferred between those operating systems and applications.

For additional information about the updated RTF Specifications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q164472 WD97: GC1282: Rich Text Format Addendum (Spec. for Word 97)

Additional query words: 8.0 conversion converting converted transferring transferred transfers transfer import export empty blank null nil nothing void

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbconversion winword word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
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