Article ID: 137608
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 5.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q137608
SUMMARY
This article discusses how borders are converted between Microsoft Word for the Macintosh and Microsoft Word for Windows.
MORE INFORMATION
Borders created with Word versions 6.0 or later are converted to the following single, thick, or double line borders when your document is saved in Word 5.x format.
Word 6.0 Word 6.0 Word 7.0 Word 97
for for for for
Border Macintosh Windows Windows Windows
------ --------- -------- -------- -------
3/4 pt Single Single Single Single
1 1/2 pt Thick Thick Thick Thick
2 1/4 pt Thick Thick Thick Thick
3 pt Thick Thick Thick Thick
4 1/2 pt Thick Thick Thick Thick
6 pt Thick Thick Thick Thick
Double 3/4 pt Double Double Double Double
Double 1 1/2 pt Double Double Double Double
Double 2 1/4 pt Double Double Double Double
Hairline Single
Dotted 3/4 pt Single Single Single Single
Dashed 3/4 pt Single Single Single Single
Borders created in Word 6.x for the Macintosh, Word 6.x for Windows, and Word 7.x for Windows are converted to the following line styles when you convert the document to Word 5.x using the Word 6.x for Windows & Macintosh import converter.
Word 6.x Word 6.x Word 7.x
for for for
Border Macintosh Windows Windows
------ --------- -------- --------
3/4 pt Single Single Single
1 1/2 pt Single Single Single
2 1/4 pt Single Single Single
3 pt Thick Thick Thick
4 1/2 pt Thick Thick Thick
6 pt Thick Thick Thick
Double 3/4 pt Double Double Double
Double 1 1/2 pt Double Double Double
Double 2 1/4 pt Double Double Double
Hairline Single
Dotted 3/4 pt Single Single Single
Dashed 3/4 pt Single Single Single
Borders created in Word 5.x for the Macintosh are converted to the following line styles when you import them into the following versions of Word:
Word 6.x Word 6.x Word 7.x Word 97
for for for for
Macintosh Windows Windows Windows
--------- -------- -------- -------
Dotted Dotted 3/4 pt Dotted 3/4 pt Dotted 3/4 pt
Hairline 1/4 pt 1/4 pt 1/4 pt
Single 3/4 pt 3/4 pt 3/4 pt
Thick 1 1/2 pt 1 1/2 pt 1 1/2 pt
Double Double 3/4 pt Double 3/4 pt Double 3/4 pt
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