Microsoft KB Archive/118935

WD5x: Word 5.x Loses Font Format Opening RTF Doc Saved by Word 6

PSS ID Number: Q118935 Article last modified on 11-25-1998

MACINTOSH: 5.0, 5.1

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Word version 5.x, when you open a document in Rich Text Format (RTF), the document appears in the New York font, rather than the font in which it was originally formatted.

= CAUSE =

This occurs if the RTF document is saved from Word 6.0 and contains exactly one font (for example, the file contains only the font Times).

For example, if an RTF document saved from Word 6.0 is formatted in Times only, when you open it in Word 5.1, the document font changes to New York. However, if the RTF document is formatted in Times and Helvetica (more than one font), the document opens with the proper font formatting.

Word retains other character formatting such as point size, bold, italics, and so forth. Only the font type is lost.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word version 6.0 for the Macintosh. This problem was corrected in Word 6.0.1 for the Macintosh.

= Additional query words: interchange (rtf) =

Keywords : kbinterop macword word6 Version : MACINTOSH: 5.0, 5.1 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.