Microsoft KB Archive/61318

How Word for Windows Tables Convert to Word for MS-DOS

PSS ID Number: Q61318 Article last modified on 06-26-1996

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MS-DOS | WINDOWS

Summary:

When converting a document containing table structures from Word for Windows to Word for MS-DOS, the table structures are converted to side-by-side paragraphs in the converted document.

More Information:

The Insert Table command in Word for Windows is similar in purpose to side-by-side paragraphs in Word for MS-DOS. However, tables differ from side-by-side paragraphs in that each row of a Word for Windows table can contain multiple cells, which in turn can each contain one or more paragraphs.

Common multiple row and column tables from Word for Windows will convert successfully to Word for MS-DOS, but complex Word for Windows tables that contain varying numbers of paragraphs within single table cells may not convert as expected. No text loss will occur, but side-by-side paragraph alignment will not be able to fully duplicate the appearance of the original Word for Windows table in the converted document, and some elements of the converted table will appear vertically shifted on the page in Word for MS-DOS.

This problem is not due to a problem with the Word for MS-DOS converter supplied with Word for Windows, but rather is due to a basic model difference in the two products.

Note: Saving documents in rich-text format (RTF) within Word for Windows does not convert tables to side-by-side paragraphs.

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