WD: Word 6.0 Converter for MacWord 5.x Limitations
Last reviewed: February 2, 1998 |
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SUMMARYThe information in this article is taken from the Word 6.0 Conversion Information document that is included with the Word 6.0 Converter Kit. Word 6.0 reads Microsoft Word 4.x-5.x for Macintosh file format directly. This article discusses problems or limitations that may arise when converting Word 6.0 for Windows, Macintosh, or NT documents into Word 5.x format by reading the Word 6.0 document into Word 5.x for Macintosh using the converter supplied with the Word 6.0 Converter Kit (for Word 5.x for the Macintosh users). 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 or property is converted to Word for the Macintosh. "No" means the feature or property is not converted to Word for the Macintosh. "N/S" means the feature or property is not supported in Word for the Macintosh but may be emulated if possible. NOTE: In order for Word for the Macintosh to correctly convert graphics, you must have the Windows Metafile Converter installed on your machine. This file shipped with Word 5.x for Macintosh and is installed by default in your Word Commands folder. If this file is not present, please reinstall it from your original Word disks.
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Feature Word 5.x Comments
Character Formatting:
Expand/Condense Yes Word 6.0 supports finer control
over this. The value is rounded to
the closest value Word 5.x
supports.
Superscript/Subscript N/S Word 6.0 uses a new method for
super/subscript. This is converted
to raised/lowered characters, which
is equivalent to Word 5.x
super/subscript.
Kerning N/S
Paragraph Formatting:
Borders, shading See comment Word 6.0 has more borders and
shading options than Word 5.x. Word
6.0 borders are mapped to the
closest approximation in Word 5.x.
Columns:
Line Between Columns N/S Variable-width N/S Variable-width columns are mapped Columns to equal-width columns in Word 5.x.Section Formatting:
Line numbering N/S (Start At #) Vertical alignment N/S (top, centered, justified)Other Features:
Annotations See comment Text annotations are retained when
converting to Word version 5.1 for
the Macintosh; otherwise,
annotations are not supported.
Voice annotations are never
converted.
Bookmarks & N/S
References
Bullets/Numbering Yes Automatic bullets and numbers are
converted to normal text.
Cell borders, shading See comment Word 6.0 has more borders and
shading options than Word 5.x. Word
6.0 borders are mapped to the
closest approximation in Word 5.x.
Character Styles No Character style definitions are
lost. All style formatting is
retained as direct formatting.
Drawing Layer No All drawn objects are lost.
Endnotes Yes All footnotes and endnotes are
retained, but they are merged into
one sequentially numbered set of
notes. The resulting location is
dependent on the type of notes
found.
Extended Characters See comment Some ANSI extended characters have
no Macintosh character set
equivalent, and vice versa. If the
equivalent character is not
available, it is replaced by the
underscore (_) character.
Equivalent characters available in
fonts such as Symbol or Wingdings
can be used to replace lost
characters following conversion.
Characters available in the unique
symbol sets of Microsoft TrueType
fonts are retained, provided that
the same font is available on both
platforms.
Fields N/S Word 5.x does not support fields.
Field results are retained, and
where possible, fields are
converted to equivalent Word 5.x
glossary entries.
Form Fields See comment Results of text fields are
displayed. Other form fields and
bar code fields have no result to
display.
Language N/S
Mail Merge See comment When opening Word 6.0 documents in
Word 5.x, mail merge documents
(main documents, header sources,
and data sources) lose their
association with each other. This
association can be restored by
running Print Merge again.
Master Documents No Master documents lose the contents
and association with the
subdocuments. Subdocuments are
automatically converted into
separate files if you save as Word
5.x. from Word 6.0. Reading in
Word 6.0 files will only convert
the master document; subdocuments
must be read in separately.
Object Linking and No The last result of an object or
Embedding link is retained as either a
picture or text, but the object or
link itself is lost.
Orientation See comment Portrait orientation is retained,
but Landscape orientation reverts
to portrait.
Page Numbering See comment Word 6.0 has more page numbering
options than Word 5.x. These are
mapped to the closest alternative
in Word 5.x
Revision marks N/S Word 5.x does not support revision
marks. Character formatting
indicating revised text is
retained.
Styles See comment Word for the Macintosh allows only
255 defined styles. Style
definitions numbered greater than
that are omitted, along with any
references to them. All formatting
is preserved, however.
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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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