Office Document Architecture (ODA) Converter Limitations |
Q115785
Included below is a list of Word 6.0 properties, features, and an
explanation of how those features are converted to and from ODA (FOD26)
documents by the ODA converter supplied with the Microsoft Word ODA (FOD26)
Converter Kit.
Each section covers a group of Word 6.0 properties and their ODA (FOD26)
equivalents. The key is as follows:
Yes The feature exists in both products and is converted from one
product to the other.
No The feature exists in both products but is not completely
converted between the two.
N/S The feature is not supported in one of the products or
or is not converted completely between products or that
Fallback the fallback conversion is used.
S/C See the associated comment.
Word ODA
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Features and Properties ODA Word Comments
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Character Formatting:
Character subrepertoire ANSI ISO 8859/1 In both directions,
and 6937 unsupported accented
characters are mapped to
unaccented characters.
Unsupported characters and
symbols are mapped to the
"?" character. ANSI is
mapped to ISO 6937 and ISO
8859/1.
Fonts Yes Yes ODA allows 10 font styles
per paragraph. If there are
more than 10 font styles in
a Word paragraph, the
styles after the tenth one
will be converted to the
tenth font style.
Font size Yes Yes
Bold Yes Yes
Italic Yes Yes
Strikethrough Yes Yes Word strikethough is
converted to ODA crossed
out emphasis.
Hidden No N/S Word hidden text is lost.
Small Capitals No N/S Word small capitals are
converted to uppercase and
lowercase letters.
All Capitals No N/S
Underline - Single Yes Yes Word single underline is
changed to ODA underlined
emphasis.
Underline - Word only Yes N/S
Underline - Double Yes Yes Word double underline is
changed to ODA doubly
underlined emphasis.
Underline - Dotted S/C N/S Word dotted underline is
changed to ODA underlined
emphasis.
Superscript Yes Yes Word superscript text is
converted as one-half the
point size of regular text.
Subscript Yes Yes Word subscript text is
converted as one-half the
point size of regular text.
Color No N/S
Kerning No N/S
Character Styles No N/S Word character style
formatting is changed to
direct formatting.
Language Property No N/S
Paragraph Formatting:
Alignment Yes Yes Word right alignment is
changed to ODA end
alignment.
Indents Yes Yes Word left and right indents
are changed to ODA offset
left and right attributes.
Tabs - left/right Yes Yes Word left and right tabs
aligned are changed to ODA start
and end aligned.
Tabs decimal Yes Yes Word decimal tabs are
changed to ODA align
around.
Tab leaders No N/S
Page break before Yes Yes The Word page break before
property is changed to the
ODA new layout object
attribute with the value of
"page."
Keep with next Yes Yes The Word keep with next
property is changed to the
ODA same layout object
attribute.
Keep lines together Yes Yes The Word keep lines
together property is
changed to the ODA
indivisibility attribute.
Widow and orphan Yes Fallback Word can't set widow or
control orphan size.
Line numbers No N/S
Space before/after Yes Yes Word space before and after
is converted to the ODA
separation attribute. The
ODA separation attribute is
converted to space before
the appropriate paragraph.
Line spacing Yes Yes
Paragraph styles No N/S Word paragraph style
formatting is changed to
direct formatting.
Bullets & numbering No Yes Word bullets and numbering
are converted to normal
text bullets and numbers.
Word heading paragraphs
that are numbered are
converted to ODA numbered
segments. ODA numbering is
converted to normal text in
Word.
Borders:
Box borders S/C Yes Word borders around
paragraphs and tables are
converted if they appear in
singular column text.
Borders on embedded objects
are lost.
Partial borders No N/S Word partial borders on
paragraphs are lost.
Partial borders on tables
are retained.
Distance from text Yes Yes
Line styles Fallback Word has many border styles
Yes while ODA has thick, thin,
and dotted borders.
Shadow borders Yes N/S Word shadow borders are
converted as box borders.
Color No N/S
Shading No N/S
Footnotes and Annotations:
Automatic numbering Yes Yes Numbers are always
converted as Arabic style.
Custom numbering Yes Yes
Start at number Yes Yes
Restart numbering at No No
each section
Place at bottom of page Yes Yes
Place beneath text Fallback Word beneath text footnotes
N/S are converted to bottom of
the page footnotes.
Place at end of document Fallback Word endnotes are converted
N/S to bottom of the page
footnotes.
Footnote separators No N/S
Annotations No N/S
Tables:
Tables Fallback Word tables are converted
N/S to ODA synchronized columns
since ODA (FOD26) does not
support tables. ODA
synchronized columns are
converted to Word tables.
Header Row No N/S Word header rows are
treated like normal table
rows.
Cell borders Yes Yes
Cell shading & No N/S
background
Frames:
Frame position No N/S Word framed text is
converted to regular text
at the beginning of the
page it appears on.
Fields:
AUTONUM No N/S
Document summary fields Yes Yes Word summary fields are
converted to ODA document
management attributes.
Formulas No N/S
Merge fields No N/S
Bookmarks No N/S
Other fields No N/S If reasonable, Word fields
with text results are
converted to plain text.
Page Formatting:
Margins Yes Yes ODA describes page layout
differently from Word, so
margin definitions are
different.
Word top margins correspond
to ODA trailing edge
margins, Word bottom
margins correspond to ODA
top edge, and Word left and
right margins correspond to
ODA right and left margins.
Mirror margins No No
Gutter margins Yes Yes Word gutter margins
correspond to ODA page
offset and margins for
Recto page and Verso page.
Hard page breaks Yes Yes
Paper size Yes Yes
Portrait orientation Yes Yes
Landscape orientation Yes Yes
Columns:
Number of columns Yes Yes
Variable column width Yes Yes
Space between Yes Yes
Line between No N/S
Hard column break Yes Yes
Sections:
Sections Yes Yes Word sections are
equivalent to ODA passages.
New page section Yes Yes
start/break
Continuous section No N/S
start/break
Even/odd page section No No
start/break
Vertical alignment No N/S
Line numbering No N/S
Headers and Footers:
Header/Footer text Yes Yes
Header/Footer fields S/C N/S The page number field is
preserved. Page numbers are
set to restart at each
section.
Odd page header/footer Yes Yes
Even page header/footer Yes Yes
First page Yes Yes
header/footer
Pictures:
Pictures Yes Yes Word graphics are converted
to CGM files. ODA graphics
are converted as Word
import fields.
Scaling and clipping No No Graphics are converted as
their original size.
Scaling and clipping
changes are lost.
Index and Table of Contents:
Index entries No N/S
Index S/C N/S Word indexes are converted
as plain text.
Table of contents No N/S Word table of contents are
converted as plain text.
Miscellaneous Features and Properties:
Hyphenation No N/S
Form fields Fallback The result of Word text
N/S form fields are retained.
Other form fields are lost.
Revision marks No N/S Word revised text is
converted as plain text.
Drawing objects No N/S
OLE objects S/C N/S Word OLE objects which are
not set to display as icons
are converted to CGM
graphics. Linking
information is lost.
Objects embedded within
other objects are also lost.
"Fallback" is a term used by the ODA consortium to define what is an
acceptable output format if a particular ODA feature cannot be supported.
The information in this article is derived from the ODALIMIT.DOC conversion
limitation document included with the Microsoft Word ODA (FOD26) Converter
Kit.
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