Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!wugate!uunet!pdn!boake2!jc3b21!fgd3 From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Word Perfect File Format consistent for Amiga & IBM PC? Summary: Yes, they're compatible. Message-ID: <758@jc3b21.UUCP> Date: 3 Oct 89 04:48:00 GMT References: <26826@dhw68k.cts.com> Distribution: usa Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL Lines: 25 In article <26826@dhw68k.cts.com>, daveegan@dhw68k.cts.com (Dave Egan) asks about transferring WordPerfect files between AmigaDOS and MS-DOS. I have had no problems (1) Creating an MS-DOS file with WordPerfect 4.2, transferring it to AmigaDOS, processing it with WordPerfect on the Amiga or (2) Creating an AmigaDOS file with WordPerfect 4.1, transferring it to MS-DOS, and processing it with WordPerfect 4.2. There is a new maintenance release of WordPerfect due out soon. It will have the ability to read files created by WordPerfect 4.2. Apparently there are some features supported by version 4.2 (MS-DOS) that are not supported by the Amiga version. However, that crops up only if those features are used in your document. Furthermore, there is an option to save your files in version 4.1 format, which does not contain features that are unavailable in the Amiga version. In short, compatibility between the two versions of WordPerfect is excellent. --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...uunet!pdn!jc3b21!fgd3