Ariya Hidayat (ariya at kde.org)
Last update: 17 August 2002
This is WordPerfect filter for KWord, which lets KWord imports and exports to WordPerfect document format. Currently, supported WordPerfect document is version 5.1, 5.2, 6, 7, or later (this includes the latest WordPerfect 2002).
The filter itself is (always) in development stage so not all WordPerfect features are already supported. However, also expect some improvements which somehow may (or may not) happen over the time. The feature matrix provided below will help the users to track which features are supported and which aren't.
For a complete reference on WordPerfect 7 file format, please visit Corel WordPerfect 7 file format (at Corel website). In addition, WordPerfect 5.1 format is also available (at wotsit.org). Although the description of the file format is rather clear and concise, the implementation for a few parts can be hard and tricky.
Comments, helps, and patches are all welcomed.
| Import | Export | |||
| WP 5 | WP 6/7/8 | WP 5 | WP 6/7/8 | |
| Basic features | ||||
| Text formatting | yes | yes | partial | partial |
| Tables | no | no | no | no |
| Styles | no | no | no | no |
| Header/footer | no | no | no | no |
| Frames | no | no | no | no |
| Hypertext | no | no | no | no |
| Graphics (WPG) | no | no | no | no |
| Equation/formula | no | no | no | no |
| Barcode | no | no | no | no |
| Character Properties | ||||
| Typeface | no | yes | no | no |
| Font size | no | yes | no | no |
| Color | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Background color (highlight) | n/a | yes | n/a | yes |
| Bold | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Italic | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Underline | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Double underline | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Strikeout | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Subscript | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Superscript | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Extended character sets | yes | yes | no | no |
| Paragraph Properties | ||||
| Alignment | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Linespacing | yes | yes | no | no |
| Indentation | no | no | no | no |
| Spacing before/after | no | no | no | no |
| Tabulators | yes | yes | no | no |
| Border | no | no | no | no |
| Page Properties | ||||
| Paper size | no | no | no | no |
| Margins | yes | yes | no | no |
| Borders | no | no | no | no |
| Page break | no | no | no | no |
| Document Properties | ||||
| Document summary | yes | yes | no | no |
15 Jul 2002: very basic export filter
19 Dec 2001: rewritten for better performance
added support for WP 6/7/8
able to cope with most WP extended characters
29 Aug 2001: first version of import filter
support text with basic formatting
only handle WP 5.1 document
This product is not manufactured, approved, or supported by Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited.