Microsoft KB Archive/37981

WPTOWP: Converting Works Documents to DCA/RFT Documents

PSS ID Number: Q37981 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

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MS-DOS

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When converting Microsoft Works documents to DCA/RFT documents using the WPTOWP utility (Word Processor to Word Processor, or as it is commonly called, the Works Conversion Utility), certain features in Works cannot be converted because they are not features of DCA/RFT. The following Works features will not convert successfully to DCA/RFT:


 * 1) Italic characters will be converted to bold characters in DCA/RFT.
 * 2) Centering is not a feature of DCA/RFT and is, therefore, difficult to convert.
 * 3) There are no default tabs in DCA/RFT; instead, left tabs are set every one-half inch.
 * 4) DCA does not support ASCII characters greater than 128. The characters greater than 128 will be converted using a set pattern.

The WPTOWP conversion utility for Works 2.0 is available from various online services. For more information, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base to find the article “Works 2.0 Files on the Software/Data Library”:

DW0078.EXE and S14786

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: dworkskb Additional reference words:

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