Microsoft KB Archive/275389

= WD2001: Opening an AppleWorks File in Word =

Article ID: 275389

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q275389



SUMMARY
The Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac Help file incorrectly describes all of the features of AppleWorks file conversions. The Help file contains a table of AppleWorks features, describes what the converter does to AppleWorks features, and how those features are accessed in Word. The table in the &quot;More Information&quot; section provides the necessary corrections for this Help file.



MORE INFORMATION
 Feature            Current text                    Corrected text Document summary   AppleWorks document summary     AppleWorks document summary information and password       information is preserved, information are preserved      except for the password in Word. and version information, which are lost. Insert equation    Equations are maintained        Equations are maintained. and made available in the      If an equation needs to be                           Word Equation Editor. edited, you must change the equation with the AppleWorks Equation Editor. Insert date        Dates appear in the correct     Dates don't always appear format in Word. in the correct format in Word. Insert time        Times appear in the correct     Times don't always appear format in Word. in the correct format in Word. Preferences        Document-specific               Document-specific preferences preferences are                are maintained and converted maintained and                 in the Word document, except converted in the               for the AppleWorks settings Word document. Show Invisibles, Fractional Character Widths, and Word Services. Formulas           Formulas are lost when          Formulas are lost when spreadsheet tables are         spreadsheet tables are converted to Word tables. converted to Word tables, but the results of the formulas are maintained. Database files     Mail Merge database files       Database files are are converted to Word          not converted. database files that can be                         used with converted Mail Merge fields to set up a Data Merge in Word.

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