Microsoft KB Archive/58857

Importing Outlines from Word 5.0 to Word for Windows PSS ID Number: Q58857 Article last modified on 08-08-1993 PSS database name: APpsConV

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Summary:

Microsoft Word for Windows may have problems importing outlines from version 5.0 of Microsoft Word for MS-DOS if a style sheet is not attached.

More Information:

To correctly import Word 5.0 outlines to Word for Windows, do the following:


 * 1) Verify that a style sheet is attached to the document being imported and that the style sheet has at least one outline heading defined (it may contain up to 7.) In addition no manual formatting may be applied to the outline document in Word for MS-DOS.
 * 2) Save the Word 5.0 document in normal Word 5.0 format.
 * 3) Start Word for Windows and choose File Open.
 * 4) Select your document from the list box and choose OK.
 * 5) Word for Windows will display a dialog box with the list of file formats that you can import. Select Word for MS-DOS and press ENTER.
 * 6) Wait for the file to load as a new Word for Windows document and then save the document as a normal Word for Windows document. Choose Options and select Normal from the File Format list box.

For more information on importing and exporting documents, refer to the CONVINFO.DOC file in the LIBRARY subdirectory under the WINWORD directory.

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