Open WPD files in your browser
WordPerfect's document, still the word processor of many law firms and courts. Open one right here, page by page, with no WordPerfect. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your document opens as its pages, with its fonts, pictures and tables.
- Every page • Headers, footers, notes and charts
- Final, Markup or Original • Comments and changes
- Reflow • The text fitted to your screen
- Export • Save as PDF, PNG, JPEG or Markdown
About WPD
WordPerfect was the best selling word processor of the DOS years, and it still is how many law firms, courts and government offices write. Every version since WordPerfect 6 in 1993 has saved the same format, which the Windows versions name .wpd, so a brief from 1995 and one from last week are read the same way.
Inside, a WPD is a stream of text with WordPerfect's codes between the letters, the same codes Reveal Codes shows: fonts, tabs, indents, tables, footnotes, headers, footers and page breaks. Corel sells WordPerfect Office for Windows only, so a WPD sent to a Mac, a phone or anyone without it usually ends in a request for a Word file.
Filepeek reads the document with libwpd, the open source reader LibreOffice uses, compiled to WebAssembly, and lays out every page with its fonts, tables, footnotes, headers and footers. Reflow fits the text to your screen, search counts every match, and Export saves it as a PDF, its pages as pictures or its text as Markdown.
WordPerfect document
.wpd • .wp • .wp4 • .wp6 • .wp7
Format
- MIME type
- application/vnd.wordperfect
- Made by
- WordPerfect Corporation, now Corel
- Released
- 1993
Inside the file
- Text
- With WordPerfect's codes for its look
- Pages
- Size, margins, headers and footers
- Also
- Tables, footnotes and pictures
- Format
- The same since WordPerfect 6, 1993
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens WPD files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, with nothing to install. On their own, browsers download them, and no browser shows one.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open WPD
- WindowsWordPerfect Office • Word and LibreOffice Writer open it
- MacLibreOffice Writer opens it • WordPerfect has no Mac app
- iPhone and iPadNo app built in opens it
- AndroidNo app built in opens it
Questions
How do I open a WPD file without WordPerfect?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a WPD. It opens as its pages, with every page in a rail beside it.
Can I turn a WPD into a PDF or a Word file?
Choose Export, then Save as PDF, and every page goes on a page of its own. For a file to edit, LibreOffice Writer opens WPD files and saves them as DOCX.
Does it open older WordPerfect files?
Yes. WordPerfect 4.2 and 5.x for DOS, WordPerfect for the Mac and every version since 6 open, by their first bytes, so a file named .wp5, .doc or nothing at all still opens.
Why does my document look a little different?
Filepeek reads WordPerfect files with libwpd, the open source reader LibreOffice uses, and sets the text in the fonts your device has, so lines can break in other places than in WordPerfect.