What are UNKNOWN codes? Should I delete them?
UNKNOWN codes are usually the product of a document conversion from a document created in a previous version of WordPerfect, or in another word processor. They act as markers for the options that aren’t supported in your version of WordPerfect. This is how WordPerfect maintains the formatting between versions (and other word processors). For example, if you’ve just opened a WordPerfect 8 document in WordPerfect 7, you’ll see UNKNOWN codes for those options that aren’t supported in WordPerfect 7. You don’t want to delete UNKNOWN codes because when you do take the document back to WordPerfect 8, they’ll be converted back to the original code. When I first got started supporting WordPerfect users (on version 4.2 for DOS if you can imagine), I dreaded seeing an UNKNOWN code in a document because it usually meant the document was corrupted. If your document is acting “funny”, especially when you try to move past an UNKNOWN code, the document may be damaged. If that’s the case, go ahead and
