WordPerfect default values

The conversion program generates, independently of the WordPerfect settings, a L^ATEX document with a left margin of 1 inch (2.54cm). This is because L^ATEX enforces left and top margins of at least 1 inch (see figure ). therefore assumes that the margins in the WordPerfect document are also set to 1 inch and that they do not change.

Tabs are set every inch by default (14 tab stops). A different default tab-setting can be placed at the first line. If the standard, one-inch default settings are not used, however, processing by L^ATEX may produce error messages. This has more to do with the manner in which WordPerfect positions tab-stops than it does with L^ATEX(see figure ). L^ATEX positions tab stops relative to the left margin, which, as mentioned above, is a minimum of 1 inch wide. In WordPerfect the left margin and the tab settings are independent of each other.

Figure: tab settings in WordPerfect and L^ATEX