WD: MacWord Outline Heading Indents Lost Converting to DOSWord
  
PSS ID Number: Q107764
Article last modified on 11-24-1998
 
MACINTOSH: 5.0, 5.1; MS-DOS: 5.0, 5.5, 6.0
 
MACINTOSH MS-DOS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, versions 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0
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SYMPTOMS
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In Word for the Macintosh, if you save a document in Word for MS-DOS
format, and then open the document in Word for MS-DOS, all headings will
appear as normal (flush-left) text in outline view. For example, what
originally appears in Word for the Macintosh as
 
   Heading 1
      Heading 2
         Heading 3
 
instead appears in Word for MS-DOS outline view as:
 
   Heading 1
   Heading 2
   Heading 3
 
CAUSE
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This problem occurs if you do not attach a Word for MS-DOS style sheet
containing heading level styles that coincide with the headings in your
Word for the Macintosh outline.
 
WORKAROUND
==========
 
When you choose to save as Word for MS-DOS format, Word for the Macintosh
prompts you with the message, "Attach a style sheet to converted Word
file?"
 
To work around this problem, provide the path and name of a Word for MS-DOS
style sheet that contains heading paragraph styles coinciding with each
level in your outline. Word will subsequently preserve the appearance of
all outline heading levels in Word for MS-DOS outline view.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Word for MS-DOS and Word for the Macintosh retain outline information
within a document differently. Word for the Macintosh depends on heading
level paragraph styles to format outline headings. With Word for MS-DOS,
you can raise or lower heading levels within outline view without actually
applying styles to the text.
 
Word for the Macintosh depends on heading level style information from a
Word for MS-DOS style sheet to establish the proper paragraph heading
styles and retain appearance of an outline when saving as Word for MS-DOS
format.
 
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Keywords          : kbinterop
Version           : MACINTOSH: 5.0, 5.1; MS-DOS: 5.0, 5.5, 6.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH MS-DOS
Issue type        : kbprb
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