Microsoft KB Archive/28284

Default Format Status for a File

PSS ID Number: Q28284 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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When a document is created in Word, it is recognized as formatted by default. Even though it is saved unformatted one time during a session, it must be saved unformatted each time the Transfer Save command is carried out. The default status for the Transfer Save “formatted:” field is “No” in version 4.00 and earlier versions, and “Text only” in version 5.00 only if the file has been previously saved unformatted and then reloaded into Word.

Any ASCII text file created by another word processor, text, or line editor also will be automatically recognized as unformatted by Word.

If an unformatted file has formatting attached to it in Word through the format commands, speed formatting keys, or a style sheet, the default status of the Transfer Save “formatted:” field will be set to “Yes” in version 4.00 or earlier versions, or “Word” in version 5.00, and the file must be saved unformatted again if this is what is desired. This also applies if formatted glossary entries are inserted into an unformatted file.

The same is true for Word 5.50. The format the file is in can be viewed or modified from the File Save As menu option (ALT, F, A) in the Format box (ALT+T).

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