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2023-08-04T15:04:55+00:00

What does it mean whenyou get the error message

"word cannot start the converter WordPerfect 5

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  1. Stefan Blom 342.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-08-05T08:45:20+00:00

    Do the affected documents have anything in common, as far as you can tell? For example, are they in some other file format (that is, not in the default *.docx format)?

    I should add that this is a "classic" error message. In the past, it has been suggested that the error might be caused by antivirus software flagging certain file types (see for example https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/error-word-cannot-start-the-converter-wordperfect/3535a185-129d-43a7-b38e-35d3cb44ff73).

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  2. Stefan Blom 342.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2023-08-04T18:27:23+00:00

    Do you receive this error message when you try and open a particular file in Word? Or what are you doing in Word when you see the message?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-05T02:06:00+00:00

    Yes when I try to open some documents it happens. I checked for virus and nothing pops up

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