Microsoft KB Archive/90775

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Installing a Converter Without Running WinWord 2.0 Setup

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Q90775

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b
 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.1

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SUMMARY
Under the following conditions, Word for Windows 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, and 2.0b will automatically install any valid converter (with the exception of the WordPerfect import and export converters), whether the converter is supplied with Word or from a third-party vendor, when you choose to open a document Word itself cannot interpret:

 The converter file must exist either in the Word for Windows program directory or the WINDOWS\MSAPPS\TEXTCONV directory (where WINDOWS is the name of your Windows directory).  The converter must either have a .CNV file extension, or its name must begin with CONV and must end with a .DLL extension. For example, the following CONV-PCW.DLL

WORDDOS.CNV are each valid names for the Word for MS-DOS converter. The former naming convention was used by Word versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.1a. The latter convention is used by Word 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, and 2.0b.  No previous WIN.INI entry exists for the the converter in question.

If each of these requirements are met, when you choose Open from the File and specify the name of a file that Word cannot internally recognize, Word scans the above-mentioned directory locations for any converters not yet installed. Word immediately updates the [MS Word Text Converters] section of WIN.INI with entries referencing any converters that are found.

The file you choose to open can be a file in the format for which you want to install a converter, or it can be any other file Word cannot recognize (for example, SETUP.EXE or a supplied clip art image file). In order for Word to properly access a converter once it has been auto-installed, you must first exit and restart Word.

MORE INFORMATION
Word cannot auto-install a converter if the converter file is not in the Word program or TEXTCONV directory. If this is the case, you must either rerun Setup to install additional converters or use the DECOMP.EXE utility supplied on Word Disk 5 to decompress and copy the appropriate converter to your Word program directory. At that point, you can auto-install the converter by choosing to open a foreign file for which no converter has been previously installed.

Additional query words: 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b textconv geninfo

Keywords : kbconversion

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