Some say no, including the WP Universe users forum. Really? WordPerfect Files Have a Maximum Size? Therefore, it may be wise to split up a document of this size. For Word users, paste plain text by selecting Paste > Keep Text Only.īest practice is to assume that WordPerfect files have a finite size and may corrupt when the file becomes too large. If anything goes wrong this will give you more than one chance to paste the text into a new document. Use Edit > Select All, then Edit > Copy *not* Select All > Cut.The more familiar CTRL V will merge formatting, which is not what we want. To be safe, choose Edit > Paste Unformatted Text from the *menu* drop-down or enter CTRL ALT V.It works the same way in Microsoft Word and is handy when you want to copy and paste text from a web page, but don’t want a weird font or other website formatting. The maneuver of pasting as plain text strips all formatting. You can discard the copy if you are confident you’ve created a new plain text version that works for you. Keep the original for now – just in case.Consider splitting the NEW document into two – see my cautionary words below.Perhaps “document name” PLAIN TXT 2022 01 08. Open a NEW document, choose Edit > Paste Unformatted Text.Choose Edit > Select All, then Edit > Copy. If not, ensure that it does before proceeding. Your backup routine should capture the original and the copy.
“Document name” is whatever you called the file in the first place. This clearly identifies it as a copy of your original made on this date. Make a copy of your original document by navigating to the folder where the document resides, selecting it with your mouse, right-clicking, choosing copy, then pasting to the same folder.The easiest solution is to use paste as plain text. Thanks! Plain Text is Your New Best Friend
A reader recently submitted a question about formatting that is worthy of posting:Īny advice on stripping the formatting in a WordPerfect document, Beverly, to start over? (I’m into it to the tune of +500 MB, and suddenly it’s forgetting things it was doing for me, at the start.)
0 kommentar(er)
