Yes and no.  Min-U-Script supports files in ASCII format.  ASCII files contain just text where Word and Word Perfect files have many “special” characters representing fonts, tabs, and other formatting.  To use a Word or Word Perfect file in Min-U-Script, you must first convert the file to a clean ASCII.  Here are some tips:

1. All non-ASCII characters must be removed from the file, i.e. Bold, Italics, Underlined Text, Smart Quotes and Smart Apostrophes, Superscript and Subscript.
2. Font spacing must be normal, not expanded.
3. Both Word and Word Perfect have methods to “Save As” an ASCII file, but so far it does not look like these methods retain page and line numbers.  So until the have this feature, you can “print to a file” using a Generic Text/Only print driver.
   1. Use the “Add Printer” feature under the Printers section of your Windows Control Panel to add a new printer type called Generic Text/Only.
   2. Set your output for that printer to be “To File”.
   3. Then when you want to create an ASCII, you would print to the new “Generic/Text Only” printer and assign the file a new name.
   4. This new file is the file which you would process through Min-U-Script.

Here are additional problems/tips which have been found with Word Perfect and may be found with Word as well.

1. One of the problems seems to be that once you change to your Generic Printer driver to create the ASCII, it changes all the fonts and moves text from page to page.  To correct this, we suggest you change the current printer to Generic Text PRIOR to creating your document.  The font she used was Devices Font 10cpi with a 12 pt.
2. We found the following margins to work for a 25 line document: Left 1.5, Right 1.5, Top 1.35, Bottom 1.35.
3. Do not use line numbers on the Non-Testimony pages
4. Use hard page breaks after each Non-Testimony page.
5. Turn on line numbers for Testimony pages and set double spacing.
6. One of our customers was kind enough to provide a template file for your assistance.  There are no guarantees, but it may help.   You can download at http://www.minuscript.com/downloads/MUSTEMPLATE.zip.