Microsoft KB Archive/179607

= WD98: Supported Non-Word File Formats =

Article ID: 179607

Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q179607





SUMMARY
Microsoft Word 98 supports conversion to and from a number of non-Word file formats. Word interprets some non-Word formats using built-in converters, and other formats through the use of external converter files.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Word 98 can import the following text formats without a converter:
 * MS-DOS Text
 * MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks
 * Rich Text Format (RTF)
 * Text Only (TXT)
 * Text with Line Breaks
 * Unicode Text - (new to Macintosh)
 * Word 1.x - 5.1 for the Macintosh
 * Word 1.x - 6.0 for Windows
 * Word 95 for Windows

Converters Included in Easy Install
The Easy installation of Microsoft Word 98 includes text converters for plain-text file formats and documents created by the following programs:  Format            File           Requires    Value  Comments the        Pack Microsoft Conversion Library -- File Recovery     Recover Text    Yes         No    Attempts to recover Converter                        text from corrupted Microsoft Word documents. Hypertext Markup HTML Converter   Yes         No    Supports all HTML Language (HTML)                                     level 2.0 extensions and some HTML Level 3.0 extensions supported by                                                    Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Used for Export and Import. Excel 2.x-95, 98 Microsoft Excel   Yes         No   Supports only 2.x-8.0                           importing.

Word 6.0-95      Word 6.0/95       Yes         No   Used by PowerPoint. Import                            Word only uses this converter to read J                                                    Word files.

Word 6.0-95      Word 6.0/95       No          No   Required only for Export                            export.

Word 97-98       Word 97-98        Yes         No   Required for Word 97 Import                            for Windows, Word 98 Macintosh Edition files by PowerPoint 98.

NOTE: This is not the same converter supplied with the value pack. It is                                                    only used by                                                     PowerPoint. Microsoft Word   Word 4.x-5.x      Yes         No   Required only for for the Macintosh                 4.0-5.1 export by                                                     Word. PowerPoint uses it for importing.

Additional Microsoft Word 98 Converters
The following text converters are also included with Microsoft Word 98 but you must install them through the Value Pack. Format              File                 Comments -- Microsoft FoxPro    FoxPro-dBase         Supports only importing 2.x, Borland dBase III, III+, IV

Microsoft Word 2.0  Word 2.x for         Required only for export by Word. for Windows         Windows              PowerPoint uses this for import.

Microsoft Word 1.0  Word 1.x for         Required only for export by Word. for Windows         Windows              PowerPoint uses this for import.

Microsoft Word 3.0  Microsoft Word 3.x   Required only for export by Word. for the Macintosh   for the Macintosh    PowerPoint uses this for import.

Word 3.x-6.0        Word 3.x-6.0 for     Required only for export by Word. for MS-DOS          MS-DOS               PowerPoint uses this for import.

WordPerfect 5.x     WordPerfect 5.x      Used by Word and PowerPoint for for Windows                              import. Word also uses this for and DOS                                  export. Includes the file WordPerfect Graphics which must reside in the Text Converters folder.

Works 2.x-3.x       Words 2.x-3.x for    Used by Word and PowerPoint for for the             Macintosh            import. Word also uses this for Macintosh                                export.

Microsoft Works     Works 4.0 for the    Required for import. Also 4.x for the             Macintosh (Mac)      requires the Microsoft Conversion Macintosh                                Library.

Text with Layout    Text with Layout     Preserves page layout but not text formatting. NOTE: The Value Pack also includes the file "Word 97-98 Converter Installer." This enables Word 5.x and 6.x to open Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 for Macintosh files. The file installs the converter "Word 97-98 Import" and three filters: 68K JPEG Import, 68K Metafile Import, 68K PNG Import.

Unsupported Converters
Microsoft Word 98 does not support converters for exporting to WordPerfect versions 6, 7, or 8.0.

Word 98 does not support converters for importing WordPerfect 2.x or 3.x. You should contact DataViz for the availability of a converter.

For information about how to contact DataViz, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

Location of Converters
Text converters are installed in the following default location:

Microsoft Office 98:Shared Applications:Text Converters

Additional query words: conv wp macword98

Keywords: kbinfo kbinterop kbfaq KB179607

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