WD97: WordPerfect Table Formulas Are Not Retained in Word
Article ID: 195129
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word 97, when you open a WordPerfect 5.1 for MS-DOS or
WordPerfect 5.1 or 5.2 for Windows document containing tables with
formulas
(table math), only the latest recalculated results of the formulas are
retained as normal text. The formulas themselves are lost.
CAUSE
This is a current design limitation of the WordPerfect converters supplied
with the Word family of products.
WORKAROUND
Word for Windows does support performing calculations within table cells.
To restore mathematical relationships among table cells, re-enter the
formulas after the conversion is complete.
MORE INFORMATION
WordPerfect's Table Math option allows you to define math formulas that
add, subtract, multiply, and divide the values you put into referenced
cells in much the same way you can in Word.
WordPerfect's Table Formulas are separate from WordPerfect Equations,
which
Word versions 2.0b and later do retain during conversion.
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