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WordPerfect to OpenDocument Text converter

WordPerfect is opened by our office engine headless and exported as OpenDocument Text, prioritizing office fidelity for wpd-to-odt.

  • Converted with Office engine · input deleted within 24 h
  • Free: 5 conversions a day · 5 MB each
  • Higher limits →

What changes

  • WordPerfect is opened by our office engine headless and exported as OpenDocument Text, prioritizing office fidelity for wpd-to-odt.
  • Paragraph styles, tables, images, headers, footers, and page breaks are preserved when our office engine can map them.
  • Macros, scripts, document automation, and active form behaviour are not executed or preserved in the output.
  • Missing fonts are substituted by server fonts, so line breaks and pagination can shift from the authoring machine.
  • Tracked changes are accepted as the visible document state; reviewer comments may not appear unless they are visible in the exported view.
  • The destination office file is editable but may not keep application-specific templates, themes, or unsupported controls exactly.

A real WordPerfect → OpenDocument Text run

We converted our WordPerfect sample (31 KB) with Office engine on 2026-10-20. It took 3.5 s and produced a 43 KB OpenDocument Text file, 1.4× larger than the input. The engine raised 3 warnings, listed below.

Input · sample.wpd · 31 KB

31,331 bytes

Output · sample.odt · 43 KB

OpenDocument text: 360 paragraphs, 0 headings, 20 tables, 0 pictures

Paragraphs
360
Headings
0
Tables
20
Rows
87
Slides
0
Pictures
0
Archive parts
15
  • Fonts that are not installed on our servers are replaced with substitutes, so lines can wrap differently.
  • WordPerfect equations are not converted and leave a gap.
  • Redline and strikeout become red and struck-through text, not tracked changes.

Options

filter
Override the office engine convert-to filter string when an advanced workflow needs a specific export filter.

Example

input
WordPerfect sample file
output
OpenDocument Text output with converted structure

Do it in code

cli
soffice --headless --convert-to odt --outdir out input.wpd

WordPerfect to OpenDocument Text by API or MCP

The HTTP API and the MCP server run the exact engine this page uses (Office engine); the response carries the same warnings the web converter shows. Check support first with GET /api/v1/pairs?from=wpd&to=odt.

curl
curl -X POST https://filetypeconverters.com/api/v1/convert \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FTC_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@input.wpd" -F "from=wpd" -F "to=odt" \
  --output output.odt
API reference

This converter works today; a tested write-up of what changes for WordPerfect → OpenDocument Text is in progress.