RFT-DCA Converter for Word 6.0 Appnote Available
PSS ID Number: Q115862
Article last modified on 11-01-1994
PSS database name: CONVERT

6.00 6.00a
WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a
 - Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.0 and 3.1
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft has an Application Note available that contains an updated IBM
Revisable-Form Text Document Content Architecture (RFT-DCA) converter for
use with versions 6.0 and 6.0a of Microsoft Word for Windows. This is the
first update of the RFT-DCA converter since the release of Word 6.0a. This
converter can be used to both read from and write to RFT-DCA format. You
can obtain this Application Note from the following sources:
 - CompuServe, GEnie, and Microsoft OnLine
 - Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)
 - The Internet (Microsoft anonymous ftp server)
 - Microsoft Product Support Services
For complete information, see the "To Obtain This Application Note"
section at the end of this article.

THE TEXT OF GC1030
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  Microsoft® Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
                   GC1030: RFT-DCA CONVERTER UPDATE
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                                                   Revision Date: 6/94
                                                       1 Disk Included
The following information applies to Microsoft Word for Windows™,
versions 6.0 and 6.0a.
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The GC1030 disk included with this Application Note contains an
updated IBM® Revisable-Form Text Document Content Architecture (RFT-
DCA) converter for use with versions 6.0 and 6.0a of Microsoft Word
for Windows. This is the first update of the RFT-DCA converter since
the release of Word 6.0a. This converter can be used to both read from
and write to RFT-DCA format.
If this shipment has arrived in unsatisfactory condition or you have
questions about installing or using the updated RFT-DCA converter,
please call Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS). In the United
States, call (206) 462-WORD (9673) between 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M.
Pacific time. Outside the United States, contact the Microsoft
subsidiary for your area. To locate your subsidiary, call Microsoft
International Customer Service at (206) 936-8661.

To install the RFT-DCA converter update
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1. Copy the updated RFTDCA.CNV converter file from the enclosed GC1030
   disk to the MSAPPS\TEXTCONV subdirectory in your Windows program
   directory (usually C:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS\TEXTCONV). To do this:
   a. Insert the enclosed GC1030 disk in your floppy disk drive.
   b. From the MS-DOS command prompt, type the following and press
      ENTER
         copy <drive>:\rftdca.cnv <path>\msapps\textconv
      where <drive> is the letter of your floppy disk drive and <path>
      is the location of your Windows program directory. For example:
         copy a:\rftdca.cnv c:\windows\msapps\textconv
2. Quit Word (if you have it open) and restart Word.
3. From the File menu, choose Open. Select the Confirm Conversions
   check box, which is located below the Help button. Select an RFT-
   DCA format document or any other document Word cannot recognize
   (for example, C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT) and choose OK.
4. When Word prompts you to open the file as Text Only, choose Cancel.
Word has now automatically installed the converter. The next time you
choose to open an RFT-DCA file, Word will automatically convert the
file or prompt you to open it as RFT-DCA if the Confirm Conversions
option is selected. The RFT-DCA file type option will also now appear
in the Save File As Type list in Word's Save As dialog box. You can
use this option to save files in RFT-DCA format.

Notes
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Problems corrected in this update include:
 - Misinterpretation of tab stops within Word table cells no longer
   occurs when you save a Word 6.0 document in RFT-DCA format.
   Previously, unnecessary RFT-DCA "Align:Center" codes were inserted
   in each table cell in which a center-aligned tab stop was
   encountered, and some other tab-stop alignment problems within
   table cells also occurred.
 - Table of Contents paragraph numbers no longer wrap to the following
   line in RFT-DCA format.
 - Some isolated problems with incorrect placement of tab stops in
   normal body text have been corrected.
 - Problems with exporting and importing left, right, and hanging
   indent formats to and from RFT-DCA format have been corrected.
 - An unwanted page number code is no longer inserted in the header
   when you save a Word 6.0 document that contains a header in RFT-DCA
   format.
 - Smart quote characters ("curly" quotation marks) are no longer lost
   when you save a Word 6.0 document in RFT-DCA format.
For more information about the RFT-DCA converter, double-click the
Help button on the Standard toolbar in Word, and then type README.
Press ENTER  twice, choose File Conversion, choose Conversion
Limitations, and then choose the "Converting Between Microsoft Word
6.0 and RFT-DCA" topic.
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TO OBTAIN THIS APPLICATION NOTE
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 - On CompuServe, GEnie, and Microsoft OnLine, Application Notes
   are located in the Microsoft Software Library. You can find
   GC1030 in the Software Library by searching on the word GC1030,
   the Q number of this article, or S14778. GC1030.EXE is a compressed,
   self-extracting file. After you download GC1030.EXE, run it to
   extract the files it contains.
 - Application Notes are available by modem from the Microsoft
   Download Service (MSDL), which you can reach by calling (206)
   936-6735. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
   The highest download speed available is 14,400 bits per second (bps).
   For more information about using the MSDL, call (800) 936-4100 and
   follow the prompts. To obtain GC1030, download GC1030.EXE.
   GC1030.EXE is a compressed, self-extracting file. After you
   download GC1030.EXE, run it to extract the files it contains.
 - On the Internet, Application Notes are located on the Microsoft
   anonymous ftp server, which you can reach by typing "ftp
   ftp.microsoft.com" (without the quotation marks) at the ">" command
   prompt.
 - If you are unable to access the sources listed above, you can have this
   Application Note mailed to you by calling Microsoft Product Support
   Services Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Pacific time at
   (206) 462-9673. If you are outside the United States, contact the
   Microsoft subsidiary for your area. To locate your subsidiary, call
   Microsoft International Customer Service at (206) 936-8661.

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