Microsoft KB Archive/119889

= WD: Word for the Macintosh: History of External File Converters =

Article ID: 119889

Article Last Modified on 7/13/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 4.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac

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SUMMARY
Word for the Macintosh supports conversion from, and in many cases to, a variety of different file formats. Word recognizes some formats internally and others through external converters. This article contains a list of the external file converters for Word 4.0 through Word 6.0.1 for the Macintosh and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.



Word 2001 for Mac
  File Name                   Date         File Size    Notes AppleWorks 5.0             8/14/00      420 KB       Used to import AppleWorks 5.0 documents

Microsoft Excel 2.x-9.0    8/14/00      420 KB       Used by Word to                                                         read Excel files Recover Text Converter     8/14/00       32 KB       Used by Word to                                                         open any file and read the text Word 4.x-5.x for Macintosh 8/14/00      168 KB       Used to read and save files created by earlier versions of Word Word 6.0/95 Export         8/14/00      1.8 MB       Used to save files in Word 6 and Word 95 format Word 6.0/95 Export/JPN     8/14/00        2 MB            Word 6.0/95 Import          8/14/00      126 KB       Used to open Word 6.0/95 files Word 97-2001 Import        8/14/00      252 KB       Used by PPT to                                                         read Word 97-2001 files

Value Pack Converters
  File Name                    Date       File Size   Notes WordPerfect 5.x              8/14/00   315 KB                  WordPerfect Graphics          8/14/00    53 KB   Works 4.0 For the Macintosh   8/14/00    63 KB      Allows Word to open Works word- processing documents only. You cannot open Works spreadsheets or                                                      databases directly. Word 97-2001 Converter       8/14/00   672 KB      Allows Word 5.x and Installer                                          Word 6.x to read Word 97-2001 files

Text Converters Installed in Typical and Complete Installation
  File name                 Date      File size     Notes -  HTML Converter            10-31-97     480 Microsoft Excel 2x-8.0   10-31-97     156        A PPC converter only used by Word to read Excel files Recover text Converter   10-31-97      36 Word 4x-5x for the       10-31-97     192        PPT 98 uses this Macintosh                                        PPC converter to                                                     read files, Word 98 uses it to save files Word 6.0/95 Export       10-31-97  1.1 MB   Word 6.0/95 Import        10-31-97     144        A PPC converter used by PPT 98, but Word 98 also uses this to                                                    read Far East Word 6 and Word 95 files Word 97-98 Import*       10-31-97     276        A PPC converter used by PPT 98 to read Word 97-98 files
 * You can find the Word 97-98 Converter Installer in the Office 98 CD-ROM in the Value Pack:Text Converters folder, or you can download it from the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/macoffice/prodinfo/office/coexist.htm

Text Converters Available in the Value Pack
  File name                 Date      File size     Notes ---  FoxPro - dBase            11-13-97      60 Text with Layout         11-13-97     204 Word 1.x for Windows     11-13-97     156 Word 2.x for Windows     11-13-97     168 Word 3.x for Macintosh   11-13-97      96 Word 3.x-6.0 for MS-DOS  11-13-97     180 WordPerfect 5.x          11-13-97     312 WordPerfect Graphics     11-13-97      48 Works 2.x-3.x for the    11-13-97      72 Macintosh Works 4.0 for the        11-13-97      96        Import only Macintosh NOTE: The converters above are the exact same as those that were shipped with Word 6.x. They can be used with Word 6.x (68K or PPC version.)

Additional Converters Available in the Value Pack
 File name                Date      File size     Notes ---  Batch Converter           11-17-97     108 Word 97-98 Converter     11-13-97     636 Installer NOTE: There is an additional converter component, the Microsoft Conversion Library, which is in the Office folder. This file is used by all the PPC converters and contains common code. For instructions on how to obtain the Supplemental Converters, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

179607 WD98: Supported Non-Word File Formats

Non-Shared Converters (Installed in the Word Extensions Folder)
  File name                 Date      File size     Notes ---  FoxPro and other dBASE    08-05-94      52        Import only for MS-DOS and Windows: FoxPro 2.0,                                                    2.5, 2.6 for MS-DOS; FoxPro 2.5, 2.6 for Windows; Borland dBASE III, III+, and IV  Macintosh WordPerfect     09-13-94     359        Import/Export 2.x - 3.0                                        Available on the Supplemental Converters disk MacWrite II              09-20-94     340        Import/Export Available on the Supplemental Converters disk Microsoft Excel 3.0-5.0  08-05-94     142        Import only for Windows and Macintosh RFT-DCA                  08-05-94     150        Import/Export Text with Layout         08-05-94     196        Import/Export Windows Metafile         08-05-94     104 Word 1.x for Windows     07-14-94     149        Export only Available on the Supplemental Converters disk Word 3.x - 6.0 for       08-25-94     180        Import/Export MS-DOS                                           Available on the Supplemental Converters disk Word 3.x for the         08-05-94      94        Import only Macintosh WordPerfect 5.x          08-05-94     306        Import/Export: WordPerfect 5.0, 5.1 for DOS; WordPerfect 5.1, 2 for Windows; WordPerfect 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 Secondary Merge Files WordPerfect Graphics     08-05-94      48 Works 2.x-3.x for the    08-25-94      71        Import/Export Macintosh                                        Available on the Supplemental Converters disk Works 4.0 for the        08-05-94     152        Import only Macintosh

Shared Converters (Installed in the Microsoft Folder)
  File name                 Date      File size     Notes ---  EPS-TIFF                  08-23-94      28        Graphics Converter Word 2.x for the Windows 08-23-94     164        Export only Word 4.x-5.x for         08-23-94     152        Export only Macintosh Word 6.0 for Windows and 08-23-94     300        Use to import Word 6.0 the Macintosh                                    files into Word 5.0 and 5.1 for the Macintosh

Word 5.1 for the Macintosh
The following converter files must be located in the Word Commands folder in order for Word to access them.   File name                  Date       File size  Notes --  EPS/TIFF/PICT              10-09-92       16     Graphics Converter MacWrite II               10-09-92      104 RFT-DCA                   10-09-92       88     Revisable Text Format. Not installed by                                                   default during installation. Text with Layout          10-09-92       88 Windows Metafile          10-09-92       56     Windows graphic format Converter                                       converter Word 5.x for              10-09-92       80 MS-DOS Word 1.x for Windows      10-09-92       80 Word 2.x for Windows      10-09-92       88 WordPerfect for MS-DOS    10-09-92      128 5.x  Works for the              10-09-92       40     Not installed by   Macintosh  2.x                                   default during installation

Word 5.0 for the Macintosh
The converter files listed below must be located in the Word Commands folder in order for Word to access them.   File name                  Date      File size  Notes -  EPS/TIFF/PICT              12-01-91       16    Graphics Converter MacWrite II               12-01-91      112 RFT-DCA                   12-01-91       88    Revisable Text Format. Not installed by default during installation. Text with Layout          12-01-91       96 Windows Metafile          12-01-91       48    Windows graphic format converter Word 5.x for MS-DOS       12-01-91       80 Word 1.x for Windows      12-01-91       80 Word 2.x for Windows      12-01-91       80 WordPerfect 5.x for MS-DOS 12-01-91     128 Works 2.x for the         12-01-91       48    Not installed by default Macintosh                                      during installation

Word 4.0 for the Macintosh
External converters consist of files used by the Apple File Exchange utility to convert the following foreign formats into the Microsoft Rich Text Format, which you can open in Word 4.0. The converter files must be located in the folder that contains Apple File Exchange.   File name            Date       File size Notes ---  WordPerfect 4.x/RTF  11-11-88      112    Apple File Exchange converter. Converts WordPerfect 4.1 and 4.2                                            files into Rich Text Format (RTF). WordPerfect 5.0/RTF 03-22-91      173    Apple File Exchange converter. Converts WordPerfect 5.0 files into RTF. WordPerfect 5.1/RTF 03-22-91      173    Apple File Exchange converter. Converts WordPerfect 5.1 files into RTF. DCA-RFT/RTF         02-04-89       53    Apple File Exchange converter. Converts DCA 1.5 format files into RTF.

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