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WordPerfect Document (WPD)

WordPerfect Document (WPD) technical notes

The WordPerfect Document format (WPD) is the native file format for WordPerfect files. Corel DESIGNER supports WPD files from WordPerfect 4.2 to the latest version. WordPerfect files for versions 4 and 5 have the file extensions .wp4 and .wp5.

For more information, see General notes on importing text files.

WordPerfect Document (WPD) technical notes

• When you import text from a WPD file, you can maintain formatting, maintain fonts and formatting, or discard fonts and formatting.

• When you import or export a WordPerfect file, only text is transferred. Graphic elements are not imported or exported.

• The following features are not supported: index functions, text in tables of contents, and style sheets.

• Equations and formulas created in the WordPerfect equation language are converted to regular text.

• Graphic features like HLine and VLine are not converted.

• When importing text, the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size, which may affect the placement of text.