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by ah3
2008-11-16 21:41:55
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Converting Wordperfect 3.5 Files
Replies: 3
Views: 9553

Re: Converting Wordperfect 3.5 Files

NeoOffice (which uses a more recent version of libwpd) does a very good import. It does not have the bug that strips out all of the tabs. Also, jazzvibe, libwpd has a separate install you can do, that will do batch conversions using an applescript droplet. I think this is on sourceforge. Google libw...
by ah3
2008-11-10 12:52:16
Forum: Nisus Writer Express
Topic: Converting Wordperfect 3.5 Files
Replies: 3
Views: 9553

Re: Converting Wordperfect 3.5 Files

The problem is that Nisus uses a very old, buggy and obsolete version of libwpd, an open source translator for wordperfect. The current version is, I believe, libwpd 0.8.13. That version does a very impressive job of importing Wordperfect Mac files. The version of libwpd that NWP 1.2 uses appears to...