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Subject:Re: Wordperfect > Word conversion From:Jack DeLand <adamchar -at- CHAMBER -dot- ANN-ARBOR -dot- MI -dot- US> Date:Fri, 17 May 1996 09:31:23 -0400
In 7.0, it's on the Tools:Options:General tab (Confirm Conversions at Open).
Usually, my best results are to save as RTF in WP, then open in Word.
>When I said a couple of weeks ago that I couldn't get Word to convert
>WordPerfect 6 files even with the MS conversion utility, someone responded
>with what turned out to be the correct answer to my problem. I had to have
>FileConfirmConversions on. I have still not found this command on any menu
>or toolbar, but I did find it in the all commands list and put it onto a
>toolbar to execute it. Files convert oddly -- heading fonts all changed --
>but it's much better than nothing. Thanks for the help.
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