Save To WordPerfect from Word 2003
I happen to work for a company where the users occasionally need to save from Microsoft Word 2003 to a WordPerfect format. About a year ago, a co-worker and I went through this exercise to ensure that this capability was available. For some unknown reason, the method we had employed no longer worked. The new solution is a two-part solution, below.
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By default, the .cnv (convert files) deployed with a standard installation of Word allow for conversion of WordPerfect files into Word format, but not the other way around. This was done for security reasons. However, if you need to have the ability to save to WordPerfect, you will need to replace two files: WPFT532.cnv and WPFT632.cnv. These files reside in %program files%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv. You can obtain these files from an older version of Word.
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In searching the internet, theoretically replacing these files is all that is necessary to restore the Save to WordPerfect. For some as-yet-undetermined reason, that was not the case in our environment. To restore that capability, the attached Registry key import was needed.
So if you run into the same issue: Word 2003, and need to Save to WordPerfect format; those are the two steps that worked for us. Since it took us several hours to find this combination--just sharing with the world!