Microsoft KB Archive/69072

History of DOSWord RTF Converters

PSS ID Number: Q69072 Article last modified on 09-25-1995

5.00 5.00a 5.00b 5.50 5.50a

MS-DOS

Summary:

The following is a listing (in reverse chronological order) of the Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) conversion utilities released throughout the history of Microsoft Word for MS-DOS. The RTF standard is a method of encoding formatted text and graphics for easy transfer between dissimilar word processing applications.

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Word Version 5.5 Conversion Kit - December 1990
RTF_WP4.EXE (size 41255) and WP4_RTF.EXE (size 38045) These utilities convert RTF to and from WordPerfect 4.2, respectively. Each utility is located on the Word 5.5 Conversion Kit WordPerfect Converters disk, and is discussed in the accompanying README.DOC file.

RTF_WP5.EXE (size 57913) and WP5_RTF.EXE (size 51379) These utilities convert RTF to and from WordPerfect versions 5.0 and 5.1, respectively. Each utility is located on the Word 5.5 Conversion Kit WordPerfect Converters disk, and is discussed in the accompanying README.DOC file.

RTF_WS.EXE (size 57383) and WS_RTF.EXE (size 53047) These utilities convert RTF to and from WordStar versions 3.3, 3.45, 4.0 (Professional), 5.0, and 5.5, respectively. Each utility is located on the Word 5.5 Conversion Kit WordStar Converters disk, and is discussed in the accompanying README.DOC file.

RTF_MM.EXE (size 54861) and MM_RTF.EXE (size 47733) These utilities convert RTF to and from MultiMate 3.3, Advantage (3.6), and Advantage II (3.7) respectively. Each utility is located on the Word 5.5 Conversion Kit MultiMate Converters disk, and is discussed in the accompanying README.DOC file.

Word Version 5.5 - October 1990
RTF_DOS.EXE (size 107741, date 10-04-90) Converts documents from RTF to Word 5.5 format and vice versa, while running in MS-DOS mode. The utility is located on the Word 5.5 Utilities 1 disk, and is discussed on pages 636-640 of the “Using Microsoft Word,” version 5.5 manual.

RTF_OS2.EXE (size 110433, date 10-04-90) Converts documents from RTF to Word 5.5 format and vice versa, while running in OS/2 protected mode. The utility is located on the Word 5.5 Utilities 1 disk, and is discussed on pages 636-640 of the “Using Microsoft Word,” version 5.5 manual.

WORK_RTF.EXE (size 61207, date 10-04-90) Converts RTF to Works for MS-DOS format and vice versa. The utility is located on the Word 5.5 Program 1 disk, and is discussed on pages 641-644 of the “Using Microsoft Word,” version 5.5 manual.

Word Version 5.0b - March 1990
RTF_DOS.EXE (size 95693, date 03-30-90) Same as for Word 5.0a

RTF_OS2.EXE (size 94163, date 03-30-90) Same as for Word 5.0a

Word Version 5.0a - October 1989
RTF_DOS.EXE (size 95693, date 10-23-89) Converts from RTF to Word 5.0a format and vice versa, while running in MS-DOS mode. The utility is located on the Word 5.0a Utilities 3 disk, and is discussed on pages 212-213 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word” version 5.0a manual.

RTF_OS2.EXE (size 94163, date 10-23-89) Converts from RTF to Word 5.0a and vice versa, while running in OS/2 protected mode. The utility is located on the Word 5.0a Utilities 3 disk, and is discussed on pages 212-213 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word,” version 5.0a manual.

Word Version 5.0 - April 1989
RTF_DOS.EXE (size 77711, date 04-26-89) Converts from RTF to Word 5.0 format and vice versa, while running in MS-DOS mode. The utility is located on the Word 5.0 Utilities 3 disk, and is discussed on pages 212-213 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word,” version 5.0 manual.

RTF_OS2.EXE (size 77913, date 04-26-89) Converts from RTF to Word 5.0 format and vice versa while running in OS/2 protected mode. The utility is located on the Word 5.0 Utilities 3 disk, and is discussed on pages 212-213 of the “Reference to Microsoft Word,” version 5.0 manual.

There is no RTF conversion utility for earlier versions of Word.

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