WinWord Outline Heading Indents Lost Converting to DOSWord
  
PSS ID Number: Q107762
Article last modified on 11-01-1994
 
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WINDOWS                              | MS-DOS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c,
   6.0
 - Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, versions 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0
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SYMPTOM
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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 Windows outline
when you save a document in Word for MS-DOS format, all headings will
appear as normal (flush-left) text in outline view when the document is
subsequently opened in Word for MS-DOS. For example, what originally
appears in Word for Windows as
 
   Heading 1
      Heading 2
         Heading 3
 
will instead appear in Word for MS-DOS outline view as:
 
   Heading 1
   Heading 2
   Heading 3
 
CAUSE
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Word for MS-DOS and Word for Windows retain outline information within a
document differently. Word for Windows uses heading level paragraph styles
to format outline headings. With Word for MS-DOS, you can raise or lower
heading levels within outline view in Word for MS-DOS without actually
applying styles to the text.
 
Word for Windows 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.
 
WORKAROUND
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When you choose to save as Word for MS-DOS format and Word for Windows
prompts you with the message, "Attach a style sheet to converted Word
file?", 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. Appearance will subsequently be preserved for all outline heading
levels in Word for MS-DOS outline view.
 
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