Microsoft KB Archive/95258

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WD: How Paragraph Formats Converted Between MacWord and WinWord

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Q95258

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 5.1
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, version 2.0c

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SUMMARY
The following is a list of all character attributes and how they convert between Word version 2.0c for Windows and Word version 5.1 for the Macintosh. Results obtained with different versions of either Word product may differ.

Table Key
  Y   - Supported in conversion N  - Not supported in conversion E  - Emulated in appearance with loss of actual format, or emulated with similar formatting feature P  - Partially retained, or only retained in one of the two possible conversion avenues (opening from Word for Windows format in Word        for the Macintosh versus saving directly to Word for the         Macintosh format from within Word for Windows). N/A - Not applicable: The source product does not have this feature.

Mac  Win Character      to    to   Formatting      Win   Mac   Comments --     ---   ---      Bold             Y     Y   Italic           Y     Y   Strikethrough    Y     Y   Hidden           Y     Y   Small Caps       Y     Y   All Caps         Y     Y   Outline          N    N/A   Feature unique to Word for the Macintosh Shadow          N    N/A   Feature unique to Word for the Macintosh Color           Y     Y    Both Word for Windows and Word for the Macintosh support basic colors, including black, blue, cyan, green, magenta, red, yellow, and white. Word for Windows also supports dark variations of each basic color. When converting to Word for the Macintosh, these dark variations all map to black. Underline: Single       Y     Y      Double        Y     Y      Word          Y     Y      Dotted        N    N/A   Feature unique to Word for the Macintosh When a document containing dotted underlines is converted to Word for Windows, a light, dotted underline will appear beneath the text to which the format was originally applied. However, the Underline button on the Word ribbon does not appear active, and the Underline field in the Format Character menu appears blank. This screen display has no adverse affect on printed output. Highlighting the relevant text, and either double-clicking the Underline button or                              changing the Underline format to None in                               the Format Character menu will cause the dotted underline to disappear. Spacing and Position: Condensed    Y     Y      Expanded      Y     Y   Subscript        Y     Y    Both standard and custom baseline offsets are preserved bidirectionally. Superscript     Y     Y    Same as above. Size            Y     Y    All common font sizes are retained when converting between Word for the Macintosh and Word for Windows. In Word for Windows you can specify any character (font) size between 4 points (4/72 inch) and 227 points (3 inches). In                              Word for the Macintosh, you can specify any whole-numbered point size between 4 points (4/72 inch) and 16,383 points (227 inches). Word for Windows half point sizes (for                              example, 11.5pt) are rounded down to the closest whole number size (11pt in this                              example) in Word for the Macintosh. Word for the Macintosh sizes greater than 127pt are reduced to 127pt in Word for Windows. Additional query words: textconv

Keywords : kbinterop wordconvert

Issue type : kbinfo

Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch kbWordMSearch