Microsoft KB Archive/23281

Word: Convert DOS Word Documents to Mac Word 1.0x or 3.0x PSS ID Number: Q23281 Article last modified on 08-17-1993 PSS database name: APpsConV

1.00 1.05 3.00 3.01 3.02

MACINTOSH

Summary:

If you are using Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 3.0x (and version 2.0 or later of Microsoft Word for DOS), follow these steps to convert your documents to and from Word for DOS:

  Save the file as you usually would in Word for DOS.   Transmit the file using communications or network software. The transfer must be done using a binary protocol, for example, X-Modem data. You can also use Apple File Exchange to transfer the file. For more information on this method, see the “Apple Macintosh Utilities User’s Guide.”   Start Word for the Macintosh version 3.00 or later.   From the File menu, choose Open, locate the converted document, and click OK. 

If there is a style sheet attached to the Word for DOS document, you will be prompted for the name of the style sheet at this time.

If you are using Word for the Macintosh version 1.05 (or version 2.0 or later of Word for DOS), use the WORD CONVERT utility (found on the Microsoft Word 1.05 Master disk) to change the file format to Word for the Macintosh before opening the document in Word for the Macintosh.

Note: You cannot convert to Word for the Macintosh if you are using Word for DOS versions 1.0x.

Additional reference words: noupd

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.