WD97: How to Convert WordPerfect 6.x Data Files and Address Books
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
SUMMARY
This article describes how to convert WordPerfect 6.x for Windows data
source (secondary) and address book files to the versions of Word listed
above. WordPerfect 6.x for Windows must be installed to use these
procedures.
MORE INFORMATIONConverting WordPerfect 6.x .dat Files
To convert a WordPerfect 6.x data source (.dat) file, follow these steps:
- Open the data source file in WordPerfect 6.x.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save File As Type list (in WordPerfect 6.1) or the File Format
list (in WordPerfect 6.0), click WordPerfect 5.1/5.2.
- Type a new file name. For example, change the extension from .dat to
.wp5 to indicate that the file is in WordPerfect 5.x format.
- Switch to Microsoft Word and open the data source file you created in
step 4.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save As Type list (in Word 7.x and 97) or the Save File As Type
list (in Word 6.x and Word 98 Macintosh Edition), click Word Document.
Converting a WordPerfect 6.x Address Book
To convert a WordPerfect 6.x address book, follow these steps:
- In WordPerfect 6.x, on the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click
Play.
- In the macro list, select Adrs2mrg.wcm, and then click Play.
The macro is finished when all the address book records are added to the
document.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save File As Type list (in WordPerfect 6.1) or the File Format
list (in WordPerfect 6.0), click WordPerfect 5.1/5.2.
- Type a new file name. For example, change the extension from .dat to
.wp5 to indicate that the file is in WordPerfect 5.x format.
- Switch to Microsoft Word and open the file you created in step 5.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save As Type list, click Word Document.
In WordPerfect 6.x, you can create an address book using the Adrsbook.wcm
macro. The address book is not available unless you are creating a new
document based on a template that uses address information. Because the
address book is not directly accessible by WordPerfect's merge feature,
WordPerfect 6.x includes the Adrs2mrg.wcm macro to change the address book
into a standard mail merge data (secondary) file.
To use the data file in Word, first convert it from WordPerfect 6.x format
to WordPerfect 5.x format. The WordPerfect 5.x converter correctly
converts valid WordPerfect secondary files into a valid format for a Word
mail merge data document.
For additional information, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q72117 WD: How to Convert WordPerfect Merge Data Documents to Word
Q157085 Limitations of Converting from Word 97 to WordPerfect 5.x
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