Microsoft KB Archive/69599

Converting Files with Extended Characters in Filenames

PSS ID Number: Q69599 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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WINDOWS

Summary:

The following information concerns converting/opening files in Word for Windows that contain extended characters within the filename.

Opening a File with an Extended Character within the Filename
The following error will result when trying to convert a document to Word for Windows if the filename contains an extended or high bit character:

Document name or path is not valid

It is possible to create a filename that contains non-ANSI extended characters if it was created in a non-Windows application such as Word for DOS. Such a file can be opened in Word for Windows only after the extended characters are removed from the filename. This can be done by renaming the file either at the DOS prompt or from within the application in which the file was originally created.

Saving a File with an Extended Character within the Filename
If you save a Word for Windows document, which contains extended ANSI characters in the filename, to another file format, two files will be created:


 * A file that contains characters from the extended ANSI character set
 * A file that contains characters from IBM PC extended character set

To open the file in Word for Windows, select the filename that contains the ANSI characters. To open the file in the other application, such as Word for DOS, select the filename that contains the non-ANSI characters.

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