conversion from WordPerfect 1

[mrpibb]

I am a new convert to OpenOffice. I have hundreds of documents in WordPerfect format. Is there some sort of import or conversion utility that might help me? For now, I have to go into each document with WP, save it as a Word document, and then go into OpenOffice, and convert it to the native format.

Something tells me there is no such converter available, but just wanted to throw it out there for you guys.

 

[akohlsmith]

That is one of the things that StarOffice offered over OpenOffice. Unfortunately even SO6's WP input filters are terrible and aren't complete on Win32, and nonexistant on Linux (confession from Sun).

Sorry for the bad news. Perhaps some googling will reveal a WP->x converter. Or if you have access to MS Office, convert everything to doc or rtf and import from that. It's an ugly hack, yes.

 

[revnomad]

Over at openoffice.org there is a group working on WordPerfect filters.
revnomad

 

[Borderline]

While your waiting for the built in conversion, you can get a utility called Conversion Plus from DataVis for less than $60 at CDW. It will convert nearly every word processor, spreadsheet, graphics and data file. It will also convert PC to Mac and back.