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Sep 17, 2026 4:29 PM UTC
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I only need to preserve formatting from WPD

I only need to preserve formatting from WPD (word perfect doc). I don’t need to edit, combine, split, etc.  I only make 10-15 of these PDFs a year. At $10-15/ MONTH for Acrobat/plus, I’ll lose money. Is there a simpler and cheaper standalone tool or service on the website per PDF I can use? 

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    Nancy OShea
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    Sep 22, 2026 10:52 PM UTC

    Is Word Prefect still around? I thought that died with Wordstar in the last century.

     

    FREE Adobe online PDF Converter ~ converts files from MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, images & more...

    https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/file-converter.html

    That said, no converter is 100% perfect.  You will invariably have some cleanup work to do. That’s expected.

     

     

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    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    Sep 22, 2026 11:53 PM UTC

    The Word Prefect Office Suite 2021 does the job--but I don’t want to spend $200 to make 12 PDFs a year unless I have to. I don’t need the entrie package--just the converter which they don’t sell separately. 

     

    That online converter works for Word but not WP, but formatting for publication is hell in Word--super simple in WP.

     

    Nitro Reader 5 used to be perfect--until support stopped earlier this year. WP 2021 is perfect.

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    Nancy OShea
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    Sep 23, 2026 12:26 AM UTC

    That online converter works for Word but not WP,

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    Did you try it to be sure?

     

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    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Per Berntsen
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    Sep 21, 2026 8:19 AM UTC

    LibreOffice Writer (free) can open Word Perfect files.
    It can also export PDF files.

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    Participating Frequently
    Sep 21, 2026 12:00 PM UTC

    Thanks. This might work--but all the page formatting is lost and I have to reformat the entire document. Of course I have to learn that.

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    kglad
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    Sep 17, 2026 5:11 PM UTC

    acrobat reader is free.  if it does what want, use it.

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    Participating Frequently
    Sep 17, 2026 5:35 PM UTC

    I don’t need a READER. I need a CONVERTER.

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    John T Smith
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    Sep 17, 2026 6:45 PM UTC

    Have you tried Google to search for a free PDF editor?

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