Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 31377
WW8: Importing WordPerfect created MS Word file
Last modified: 2017-05-20 11:25:45 UTC
The attached file was written in WordPerfect 11 and exported to MS Word (I have MS Word 2002). It opened without any problem in MS Word. When I tried to import the Word file, it was rather chaotic. For some reason, the setting had been switched from Portrait to Landscape, even though on the screen it looked like it was in Portrait mode. When I printed it, it printed in Landscape mode, but with the Portrait width (all at the left margin), and a few inches free on the right margin. When I changed the setting to Portrait, it looked on the computer like it was in Landscape mode, but it printed in Portrait mode with the Landscape margins. In other words, it printed all the way across, but dropped a few inches of text on the right margin. In other words, let's say the last 2 or 3 inches of each line simply were not there, as the paper was not wide enough. Its length was that of Landscape length; i.e., it left blank about 1/3 of the bottom of the page.
Created attachment 16420 [details] WordPerfect file saved as MS Word file
MRU->MM: This seems only to happen, if the Ms Word format is created by third party products like WP. When saving this natively in WW, it is no problem to handle it in Writer. When time offers, please have a look, if it's possible to import such files correctly.
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