Microsoft KB Archive/65001

Converted WordStar 4.0 Document Has Incorrect Alignment PSS ID Number: Q65001 Article last modified on 08-08-1993 PSS database name: APpsConV

1.10

WINDOWS

Summary:

If you create a document in WordStar 4.0 and translate it for use in Microsoft Word for Windows using CONV-WS.DLL, the document may display incorrect paragraph alignment. For example, the left paragraph alignment and justified paragraph may not convert correctly. In the new Word for Windows file, these two types of paragraph alignment may show up interchangeably and at random throughout the file.

Note: The default paragraph alignment in WordStar 4.0 is justified. A dot code is inserted into the document to turn this off. This particular formatting is not converted at all.

If the document was formatted as justified in the original file, and no changes were made to this formatting, the converted file will show some paragraphs with left alignment for no apparent reason.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows version 1.10. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

More Information:

Workaround
Select major portions of text or the whole file in Word for Windows and then apply the desired paragraph alignment formatting.

Reference(s): Microsoft Product Support Technician.

Additional reference words: textconv

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