Microsoft KB Archive/95263

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WD: How Frame Formats Converted Between MacWord and WinWord

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Q95263

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 5.1
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, version 2.0c

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SUMMARY
The following is an overview of how frames and associated formatting are converted between Word for Windows version 2.0c and Word for the Macintosh version 5.1. Results obtained with different versions of either Word product may differ.

Table Key
  Y   - Supported in conversion. N  - Not supported in conversion. E  - Emulated in appearance with loss of actual format, or emulated with similar formatting feature. P  - Partially retained, or retained only in one of the two possible conversion avenues (opening from Word for Windows format in Word        for the Macintosh versus saving directly to Word for the         Macintosh format from within Word for Windows). N/A - Not applicable: The source product does not have this feature. Mac  Win Frame                 to    to   Formatting             Win   Mac   Comments --            ---   ---      Horizontal Position: Relative to Column   Y     Y    Appearance of left, center, right, inside, outside, and custom fixed positions are all preserved bi- directionally. When a document is saved to Word for Windows format from within Word for the Macintosh, centered position relative to column converts to a fixed horizontal position relative to page, but appearance is retained. Relative to Margin   Y     Y    Left, center, right, inside, outside, and custom fixed positions are all preserved bidirectionally. Relative to Page     Y     Y    Same as above. Distance from Text   Y     Y   Vertical Position: Relative to Margin   Y     Y    Appearance of top, center, bottom, inline, and fixed positions are all preserved bidirectionally. Word for the Macintosh inline vertical position relative to                                     margin appropriately converts to                                      Word for Windows vertical position of 0&quot; relative to paragraph and vice versa. The two formatting constructs are synonymous. Relative to Page     Y     Y    Appearance of top, center, bottom, inline, and fixed positions are all preserved bidirectionally. Word for the Macintosh inline vertical position relative to                                     page appropriately converts to                                      Word for Windows vertical position of 0&quot; relative to paragraph and vice versa. The two formatting constructs are synonymous. Relative to         N/A    P    As stated above, Word for Windows Paragraph                       vertical position of 0&quot; relative to                                      paragraph is appropriately converted to Word for the Macintosh inline vertical position relative to margin. Word for Windows fixed vertical positions relative to paragraph are converted to Word for the Macintosh fixed vertical positions relative to margin. These fixed positions are converted literally and not calculated based on the differing points of reference. Adjustment may be necessary after conversion to                                     avoid improper placement.  Distance from Text   Y     Y     Move with Text        Y     Y   Size: Width: Auto               Y     Y       Exactly             Y     Y     Height               N/A    P   Word for the Macintosh does not include an option to set the height of a frame. Rather, frame height expands automatically to accommodate its contents. The appearance of a Word for Windows frame -- regardless of &quot;auto,&quot; &quot;at least,&quot; or &quot;exact&quot; height setting -- will be emulated accurately unless the &quot;at least&quot; or &quot;exact&quot; height value specified in Word for Windows is greater than necessary to                                    accommodate the frame's contents. In                                    such a case, the extra vertical space specified will not be retained in                                    Word for the Macintosh. For example, if you enclose a single line of text within a frame with a                                    3&quot; height, the frame will revert to                                     just enough height to accommodate the line of text in Word for the Macintosh. It is therefore better to                                    use the From Text option to create white space between a framed object and surrounding text. Text Wrapping: Around               Y     Y     None                 N/A    N   Feature unique to Word for Windows. Additional query words: w4wframe textconv

Keywords : kbinterop winword kbframe macword wordconvert

Issue type : kbbug kbinfo

Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch kbWordMSearch