Microsoft KB Archive/107896

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DisplayWrite Converter Limitations in Word 6.0 for Windows

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Q107896

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0

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SUMMARY
This article provides information about limitations when converting from DisplayWrite versions 4v1, 4v2, and 5.0 to Word 6.0 for Windows.

Features that are converted completely are not listed. Only features that are not converted, are not supported in Word 6.0, or require some comment are included. "Yes" means the feature exists in both products and is converted from DisplayWrite to Word 6.0. "No" means it exists in both products but is not completely converted to Word. "N/S" means the feature is not supported in Word 6.0.

                       DisplayWrite Feature                to Word 6.0    Comments ---

Character Formatting:

Color                No             Converted to black text

Font                 No             All fonts are mapped to Courier New. Sizing is approximated.

Hyphenation          See comment    Required and optional (syllable) hyphens convert to normal hyphens.

Character Mapping    See comment    All EBCDIC characters that have an                                       equivalent character in Windows convert to Word 6.0. Non-supported characters convert as the "@" character.

Strikethrough/       See comment    Overstrike becomes strikethrough. Overstrike

Superscript/         See comment    Superscripts and subscripts appear Subscript                           6 pts above and below the main text line, respectively.

DisplayWrite         No             These font styles are converted to  Typestyles                           Courier New font and Word's default 4069-6139                           point size.

Paragraph Formatting:

Hanging indents      See comment    Simulated with tabs and indents.

Keep with next       No

Keep lines together  No

Space before/after   See comment    Simulated with blank lines. paragraphs

Headers/footers      No             First page headers or footers are converted to odd page headers or                                      footers.

Line numbering       No

Columns              No             DisplayWrite flowing, balanced, and flowing-balanced text columns convert to full-width, single- column document paragraphs.

Document Formatting:

Footnotes            See comment    Custom footnote numbering converts to automatic numbering and the default separator is used.

Other Features:

Graphics             No

Index                See comment    Appearance is maintained in                                       conversion to normal text.

Linedraw             Yes            DisplayWrite linedraw characters mapped to equivalent characters available via Word's MS LineDraw font.

Merge codes/         No  Print Merge

Outlining            See comment    Appearance is preserved. Outlines are converted to indents.

Page number          Yes            Page numbers are converted, but not page number formatting.

Tables of contents   See comment    Appearance is maintained in                                       conversion to normal text.

User defined         No  controls

Voice notes          No

MORE INFORMATION
The DisplayWrite converter functions in one direction only. Data may be brought into Word 6.0 from DisplayWrite files, but not saved in DisplayWrite format.

The information above is extracted from the SCNVINFO.DOC file supplied with the Word 6.0 for Windows Supplemental File Conversions Disks. For information on limitations and options when converting to and from file formats for which converters are supplied with Word, double-click the Help button on the Standard toolbar in Word, and then type readme. Press ENTER twice, click File Conversion, and view the Conversion Limitations topic.

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