Revision Marks Lost Converting from MS-DOS Word to WinWord
  
PSS ID Number: Q103006
Article last modified on 11-01-1994
 

 

 

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6.00   | 2.00 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c
MS-DOS | WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, version 6.0
 - Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b,
   2.0c
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SYMPTOMS
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If your Word for MS-DOS document contains revision marks and you save
it in the Word for Windows 2.0 file format, the revision marks change
to strikethrough character formatting when you open the converted
document in Word for Windows.
 
The Tools Revision Marks command in Word for Windows does not
recognize the strikethrough character formatting as revised text. As a
result, Word for Windows does not delete that text when you accept the
revision marks.
 
STATUS
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We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
 
WORKAROUNDS
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 - To avoid this problem, do not save documents that contain revision
   marks to the Word for Windows 2.0 file format from Word for MS-DOS.
   Instead, open these Word for MS-DOS files in Word for Windows. When
   Word for Windows prompts you to convert the file, select Word for
   MS-DOS in the Convert File dialog box and then choose OK.
 
   -or-
 
 - If you open a converted file in Word for Windows that contains
   strikethrough character formatting instead of revision marks, use
   the Edit Replace command to delete the text when you want to accept
   revision marks.
 
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