## WinWorks Converter Limitations in Word 6.0 for Windows

Q107893

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0

## SUMMARY

This article provides information about limitations and options when converting between Word 6.0 for Windows and Works 2.0 for Windows.
Features that are converted completely are not listed. Only features that are not converted, are not supported in one product or the other, or require some comment are included. "Yes" means the feature exists in both products and is converted from one product to the other. "No" means it exists in both products but is not completely converted between the two. "N/S" means the feature is not supported in one of the products or is not converted completely between products.

                            Word 6.0      Works to
    Feature                 to Works      Word 6.0   Comments
    -------                 --------      --------   --------

    Character Formatting:                            This changes to plain
                                                     text format in Works for
                                                     Windows if format is not
                                                     supported.

      All caps, small       No            N/S
      caps, hidden, and
      color

      Underline (dotted,    See comment   N/S        Works for Windows
      double, word)                                  supports only single,
                                                     continuous underlining.

      Spacing (condensed,   No            N/S
      expanded)

      Columns               No            N/S

    Document Formatting:

      Footnotes             See...........comment    Footnotes are always
                                                     located at the end of the
                                                     document in Works for
                                                     Windows.

      Summary information   No            N/S

      Widow control         No            S/C        This feature is automatic
                                                     in Works for Windows.

    Page Formatting:

      Margin (gutter),      No            N/S
      mirror even/odd
      pages, page
      orientation, paper
      source

    Paragraph Formatting:

      Background shading,   No            N/S

      Numbering             No            N/S

      Borders               Yes           Yes        Thin, thick, and double
                                                     borders are converted
                                                     properly. Unsupported
                                                     border styles become thin
                                                     line borders.

      Page break before     See comment   N/S        This format is converted
                                                     to hard page breaks in
                                                     Works for Windows.

      Tabs                  See comment   Yes        Negative tabs are not
                                                     allowed in Works for
                                                     Windows.

    Section Formatting:                              Works for Windows does
                                                     not have section
                                                     formatting. Many
                                                     properties related to
                                                     sections in Word 6.0
                                                     become document
                                                     properties in Works for
                                                     Windows.

      Section breaks        No            N/S        Section breaks are
      (even, odd,                                    converted to page breaks
      continuous, next                               in Works for Windows.
      page)

      Headers/footers       See...........comment    Headers and footers are
                                                     document properties in
                                                     Works for Windows.
                                                     Even/Odd Special is not
                                                     converted. First Page
                                                     Special in Works for
                                                     Windows only offers
                                                     options of no header or
                                                     footer on first page.

      Line numbering        No            N/S

      Restart page number   No            N/S
      at 1

      Vertical alignment    No            N/S
      (top, centered,
      justified)

      Tables                No            N/S        Tables are converted to
                                                     tab-delimited text in
                                                     Works for Windows.

    Other Features:

      Frames                No            N/S

      Annotations           See comment   N/S        Annotations are converted
                                                     to footnotes in Works for
                                                     Windows, retaining the
                                                     page number reference.

      Endnotes              No            N/S

      Footnotes             See...........comment    Numbering of footnotes is
                                                     different in the two
                                                     products. Works for
                                                     Windows counts manual
                                                     footnote entries in the
                                                     numbering sequence,
                                                     whereas Word 6.0 counts
                                                     these separately.

      Footnote starting     No            N/S        Footnotes always start
      number, separators,                            with 1 in Works for
      continuation                                   Windows.
      notices, restart
      each section

      Footnote position     No            N/S        Notes are always endnotes
      (end of page, end                              in Works for Windows and
      of document)                                   appear at the end of the
                                                     document.

      Graphics (cropping)   No            N/S

      Drawing Layer         No            N/S

      Styles                No            N/S        Word 6.0 styles are
                                                     converted to direct
                                                     formatting in Works for
                                                     Windows.

      Outlining             No            N/S

      Revision marks        No            N/S

      Tables of contents,   See comment   N/S        The tables are converted
      indexes, tables of                             to text-result only in
      authorities                                    Works for Windows.

      Print Merge           No            No         Merge fields are
      commands (logic,                               converted, but data
      data files)                                    documents are not
                                                     automatically converted.

      Date/time stamps      No            N/S
      (custom), page
      number (format,
      restart),
      subdocuments
      (INCLUDE field)

      Cross-references/     See comment   Yes        Bookmarks are not allowed
      bookmarks                                      in a Word 6.0 header or
                                                     footer. Bookmarks in
                                                     these areas are lost.

      Fields (equations,    No            N/S        Field results are brought
      formulas, links,                               in where possible when
      form fields, bar                               converting from Word 6.0
      codes)                                         to Works for Windows.

      Object linking and    Yes           Yes        Word 6.0 is a client for
      embedding (OLE)                                Works for Windows charts,
                                                     MS Draw drawings, and
                                                     Microsoft Excel charts
                                                     and worksheets.

      Bullets/Numbering     See comment   N/S        Automatic bullets and
                                                     numbering are converted
                                                     to plain text.

## MORE INFORMATION

The information above is extracted from the SCNVINFO.DOC file supplied with the Word 6.0 for Windows Supplemental File Conversions Disks.
For information on limitations and options when converting to and from file formats for which converters are supplied with Word, double-click the Help button on the Standard toolbar in Word, and then type readme. Press ENTER twice, click File Conversion, and view the relevant Conversion Limitations topic.

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