Microsoft KB Archive/78690

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WD: Copying Text from Word for Windows 2.0 into PageMaker

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Q78690

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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, 2.0c, 2.0c-CD, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

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SUMMARY
When copying text through the Windows Clipboard from a Word for Windows version 2.0 or 6.0 document to Aldus PageMaker, the text will not paste correctly into PageMaker. Only the first line of the Word for Windows text will paste into PageMaker, and that text will appear garbled.

MORE INFORMATION
PageMaker version 4.0 is not able to correctly import Rich Text Format (RTF) output from Word for Windows. A possible workaround to paste text into PageMaker from Word for Windows is as follows:


 * 1) Select the text you want to move.
 * 2) From the Word for Windows Edit menu, choose Copy.
 * 3) Start Windows Notepad or Write.
 * 4) From the Edit menu, choose Paste.
 * 5) If you are using Notepad, from the Edit menu, choose Select All to select all of the text. If you are using Write, select all of the text with the mouse.
 * 6) Once the desired text is selected, from the Edit menu, choose Copy.

The above procedure will place an unformatted version of the text into Windows Clipboard. Windows Clipboard uses RTF when transferring formatted text between applications that support RTF. Aldus PageMaker version 4.0 does not correctly read the RTF created by Word for Windows. As a result, you must use the procedure above to copy unformatted text into Aldus PageMaker.

Additional query words: 1.0 1.00 1.1 1.10 1.1a 1.10a 2.00 4.00 textconv multimat 6.00

Keywords : kbconversion

Issue type :

Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch