WD97: Bullets, Numbers Lost After Saving As WordPerfect 5.x

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you convert a Microsoft Word 97 for Windows document, containing bulleted or numbered lists, in WordPerfect 5.x format, the bullets and numbering formatting is not retained. This behavior occurs if the first paragraph in your document is not part of the bulleted or numbered list.

CAUSE

The problem occurs because of an error in the WordPerfect 5.x converter that ships with Word 97 for Windows.

WORKAROUND

You can work around this problem by using either of the following methods.

Method 1: Save the File in WordPerfect 5.x Format

1. Click anywhere in the first paragraph, and then click the Bullets button on the Formatting toolbar. This will add a bullet to the first paragraph.



2. On the File menu, click Save As.



3. From the Save File As Type list, select WordPerfect 5.x for Windows, type a name for your file, and then click OK.
   
   NOTE: All of the numbers and bullets are converted to text or symbols, so there are no more "lists."



4. On the File menu, click Close.



5. On the File menu, click Open.



6. Select the document you just saved, and click Open.



7. Select the bullet and then press DELETE.



8. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to save the document again.

Method 2: Save the File in Another Format

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem does not occur in Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about converting to and from WordPerfect, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q157085 WD97: Limitations of Converting WordPerfect 5.x Documents

Additional query words: lost missing disappear

Keywords : kb3rdparty kbdta kbconversion
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug