WordPerfect for Windows Document 5.2

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Identify it

Extensions	`.w52.wp.wpd.wp5`
MIME types	`application/vnd.wordperfect`
PRONOM	`x-fmt/203`
Wikidata	`Q48551303`

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Open it

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Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Office Open XML Wordprocessing Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to docx in.wpd` Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.
OpenDocument	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to odt in.wpd` Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.
PDF	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to pdf in.wpd` Fixed layout: the document is no longer editable.

Sources

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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