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KWord comes with the following filters:
KWord can open and save AbiWord documents. Most AbiWord features are supported.
Bookmarks (and the references to them), headers/footers, lists, columns and language settings are not supported.
Character styles and styles defined by other styles are not supported in the export filter, and have only partial support in the import filter. Default tabulator settings and fields are only partially supported.
For more detailed information see the Abiword filter table
KWord can read and write simple AmiPro documents. Only formatted text, paragraph, and styles are supported.
More advanced features such as frames, embedded images and equations are not supported.
WordPro, the latest wordprocessor from Lotus, uses a different format than AmiPro. Therefore, if you want to read WordPro documents from KWord, you should save it in AmiPro format.
For more detailed information see the AmiPro filter table
KWord can read ApplixWord documents quite good. However, there's limitations because text formatting, colors, paragraph, and special characters are supported. Styles and inline images will be lost during conversion.
For more detailed information see the Applix Word filter table
KWord can save DocBook documents in the SGML version only. It saves texts, lists, pictures, tables and hyperlinks. Only the simpliest formatting (bold and italic) are supported. Pictures are saved into a sub-directory.
KWord cannot load any DocBook document.
For more detailed information see the Docbook filter table
KWord can read HancomWord document produced with HancomWord 5.2 or 6. However, KWord doesn't yet recognize text formatting inside the document, hence the text will be imported but without formatting at all.
For more detailed information see the Hancom Word filter table
KWord can read simple HTML documents. Only simple formatting is supported.
KWord can save HTML documents. There will be a dialog to specify which kind of HTML should be used. In this dialog you can choose one of three modes:
Basic
Normal
Enhanced
All three modes support text, tables, images, hyperlinks and lists.
The Basic mode supports only the most basic formatting, and it is intended for exporting only the document structure.
The Normal mode supports common formatting of text.
The Enhanced mode is the most complete mode and uses also CSS2. Therefore styles and more advanced formating are supported.
For more detailed information see the HTML filter table
KWord can not import LaTeX documents.
KWord can export to text to LaTeX documents. Formulas, pictures, and simple tables are partially supported.
Kword is used only as a text editor and does not function as a WYSIWYG editor for LaTeX documents.
For more detailed information see the LaTeX filter table
KWord can read all text from Microsoft Word files. Basic text formatting (bold, italics, etc) are preserved. Numbered headings, lists, built-in colors, tables, and internationalization support are nearly complete.
Many other features (headers, footers, embedded objects, etc) are not supported.
KWord can not write Microsoft Word 97/200 files.
For more detailed information see the Microsoft Word 97/2000 filter table
Microsoft Write files usually end with extention .WRI. It is the format used by Microsoft Write, a very simple word processor which first appears in Microsoft Windows 3.1. KWord can read Microsoft Write documents fairly well.
KWord is not able to save the document to Microsoft Write format.
For more detailed information see the Microsoft Write filter table
PalmDoc is the standard compressed document format for use with Palm-compatible device.
KWord is able to read and write PalmDoc files, even with compression. The PalmDoc format doesn't specify text formatting, so all character formatting (bold, italics, etc) is lost when exporting to this format.
In order to read PalmDoc files on your handheld, you will need a reader. Three common readers are the Weasel Reader, AportisDoc, or iSilo.
For more detailed information see the PalmDoc filter table
KWord can save the document in plain text format, and also load plain text document. When saving or loading, there will be a dialog to specify text encoding options.
For more detailed information see the Plain Text filter table
KWord can open and save RTF documents. Most RTF features are already supported.
Links, footnotes, multiple columns, and inline images are not supported.
For more detailed information see the Rich Text Format filter table
WML (Wireless Mark-up Language) is the mark-up language used to deliver content to mobile devices. WML is like a mobile version of HTML.
KWord can read from and save to WML format files and already understand most WML tags.
There is no support for WBMP (Wireless Bitmap), which is the monochrome image format used as inline image inside WML documents.
For more detailed information see the Wireless Markup Language filter table
KWord can read and write WordPerfect documents, starting from WordPerfect version 5.1, and including the latest WordPerfect 2002.
The filter is still in development, only a subset of WordPerfect features are supported including text formatting, WordPerfect character sets, and paragraph settings.
WordPerfect 4.x format or earlier versions are not supported. There is no support for styles, frames, or graphics (WPG).
For more detailed information see the WordPerfect filter table
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