What are the issues when migrating from WordPerfect to Writer?
Can
I open WordPerfect files in OOo?
Yes,
a WordPerfect filter is now available in the standard OpenOffice.org
installation.
What
macros are available to make Writer work more like WordPerfect?
Reveal
codes
OpenOffice.org’s
Writer does not have underlying codes in the same way that
WordPerfect does. But a macro is being written that will allow you to
work in a similar way to WordPerfect’s reveal codes. See
RevealCodes3.sxw
available at http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/
for more information.
Hanging
indents
The
hanging indent concept in Writer is quite different from the concept
used in WordPerfect. The best approach in OpenOffice.org is to use
styles, but to ease the transition, see either AltKeyHandler.sxw
or Indents.sxw
available from http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/hillview/OOo/
for a macro that approximates WordPerfect’s way of implementing
hanging indents.
