Word 97—Internals

Conversions

Migration to Word is a very important area, and we have invested significant resources in making the transition process and tools as seamless and lossless as possible. Additionally, we have done a lot of work with our file format to make recovery of corrupt documents a viable option.

WordPerfect Compatibility

Word 97 has high quality document conversion and compelling features to make migration to Word seamless:

• Improved converters for WP 5.x and 6.x

• Key features for legal market – specifically paragraph and heading numbering. As described above we have revamped our numbering engine to address every legal scenario.

• Competitive features that improve conversion – Word now supports document management and indexing, irregular text wrap around objects, page borders, making the conversion of WordPerfect documents smoother.

• Features to make WP users feel at home – Word ships with WordPerfect templates that mimic WordPerfect’s defaults for toolbar settings, keyboard shortcuts and styles.

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