Importing a .wpd file into Case Catalyst

[Madonna Farrell]

I called Stenograph, and they sort of got it to work, but I have to search all the extra lines and spaces and delete em!

Does anyone know a "correct" way to get a .wpd file imported into Catalyst?  I'm struggling with this one!

I appreciate any and all advice.  You can email me directly at [e-mail]!

[Janiece Young]

I'm just curious.  Why do you want to do this?

[Marge Teilhaber (TILE hobber)]

I can't imagine that being anything other than a miserable job.   I copy and paste from PDFs all the time but I first "paste special" into Word and then paste in to Catalyst to avoid all the extra stuff that PDFs have like italics.  But even with that, words get smashed up together and it's easier to fix it in Word prior to pasting into Catalyst.  

[Madonna Farrell]

What do you mean "paste special"?

[Marge Teilhaber (TILE hobber)]

"paste special" is a command in word that pastes only the words and no formatting.  So if you "copy" a web page and want to paste it into a Word doc, you do CTRL-ALT-V (as opposed to CTRL-V for paste) and that opens the "paste special" window.  Then click "unformatted text."

Why does your friend need to import a Word Perfect file into Catalyst?  

[Madonna Farrell]

to create an index.  thanks so much for your help!

[Madonna Farrell]

Trying to help out a friend!