Microsoft KB Archive/77388

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Converting MacWord 4.0 Styles to Word for DOS 5.5

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Q77388

SUMMARY
To convert style formatting in a Word for Macintosh version 4.0 document into a Word for DOS version 5.5 style sheet, use the Save As command from the File menu of Macintosh Word to save the file in RTF (Rich Text Format). RTF is the optimal conversion medium for these versions of Word. When opening RTF output from Word for the Macintosh 4.0 into Word for DOS version 5.5, Word will ask if you want to attach a Word for DOS style sheet to the document. You can do either of the following:

 Ignore all styles by choosing not to attach a Word for DOS style sheet. If you choose this option, the style formatting from the original Word for the Macintosh document converts to direct formatting in the Word for DOS document.  Attach an existing Word for DOS style sheet.

If you choose to attach an existing Word for DOS style sheet, text that is formatted with an automatic style assumes the formatting of a Word for DOS style with the same name. If no Word for DOS style with the same name exists, automatic styles are converted as direct formatting.

For example, if a Word for the Macintosh document used Heading 1 and the Word for DOS style sheet has a style defined for Heading 1, text formatted with Heading 1 will match the style formatting in the Word for DOS style sheet.

If a style is user defined (for example, a paragraph style named Custom 1), the style is merged into the Word for DOS style sheet and applied to the converted document text. The original Word for the Macintosh style name is included as the Word for DOS style remark, and the Word for DOS style key code is derived from the original Word for the Macintosh style name. The first available Word for DOS style I.D. is applied to the converted style. The style might appears as follows in the Word for DOS style sheet:      (P) C1 Paragraph 3                             Custom 1 Times-Roman 10/Auto. Flush right C1 is the key code derived from the original Word for the Macintosh style name. Custom 1 is the Word for DOS style remark that is derived from the original Word for the Macintosh style name.

User-defined styles that are not actually used in the original Word for the Macintosh document are not converted to the Word for DOS style sheet. 

Additional query words: 4.00 5.50 stylesheet mac dos textconv

Keywords : wordconvert

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