Converting 5.1 Tables Saved in 5.0 Format Bac

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:05 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

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Solutions: When a 5.1 file containing tables is saved in 5.0 format, the table is converted to Parallel Columns. If a user saves a file in 5.0 format, and does not also save it in 5.1 format, then wants to have the table again in 5.1 format, WordPerfect provides a feature under Tables that is able to convert Parallel Columns to tables. According to the WordPerfect 5.1 manual, "If you are converting parallel columns, the parallel column definitions will be used to define the table columns, while Hard Page codes will define the table rows." The steps to convert parallel columns (as from a WP 5.0 file) to a table are as follows: 1. Block the text to be converted to the table. 2. Go to the Table feature (Alt-F7, 2) and select Create (1). 3. At this point you are given the options to Create Table from: 1 Tabular Column; 2 Parallel Column. Selection option 2. This feature works very well; however, the column widths will not always match what was in the original 5.1 table definition. If the original table was defined from margin to margin, the user can restore his table very easily with just a little bit of extra manipulation. The steps to do this are as follows: 1. In Table Edit, Block the entire table. 2. Press Control-F4 and select Block (1), then Move (1). 3. Exit Table Edit mode. Block everything from the Table Definition code to the Table Off code and delete. 4. Create a new table with the same number of rows and columns as the original table (Alt-F7, 2, 1, # , # ). 5. In Table Edit mode, position the cursor in the first cell and press Shift-F10 and select 1 for Block. This retrieves the text of the converted table into the new, properly formatted table.

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