Microsoft KB Archive/156671

= WordStar Converter Limitations in Word 7.0 for Windows =

Article ID: 156671

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q156671



SUMMARY
This article provides information about limitations when you covert between Word 7.0 for Windows and WordStar versions 3.3, 3.45, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, and 7.0.

Features that are converted completely are not listed. Only features that are not converted, are not supported in one product or the other, or require some comment are included. "Yes" means the feature exists in both products and is converted from one product to the other. "No" means it exists in both products but is not completely converted between the two. "N/S" means the feature is not supported in one of the products or is not converted completely between products.                        Word 7.0     WordStar to          to Feature                 WordStar     Word 7.0     Comments --

Character Formatting:                            This is changed to                                                  plain text format in                                                  WordStar if the feature is not available.

Font                 Yes          Yes          When saving as WordStar 4.0, the WordStar converter maps all fonts to Courier or Courier New.

Font size            Yes          Yes

Font color           No           Yes

Bold                 Yes          Yes

Italic               Yes          Yes

Underline            Yes          Yes

Strike-through       Yes          Yes

Hidden               No           No

Superscript          Yes          Yes

Subscript            Yes          Yes

Small caps           No           No

Double-strike format N/S          No

Space Underline      N/S          No

Font type styles     N/S          No

Paragraph Formatting:

Tabs - left, right,  See comment  Yes          When converting to  and center                                      WordStar, vertical tab alignment is not converted.

Tab leaders          See comment  See comment  Tab leaders are not and decimal tabs                               converted. Decimal tabs become left tabs.

Alignment - left,    Yes          Yes right, and center

Indents - left and   Yes          Yes right

Indents - hanging    No           Yes and first

Spacing - single,    Yes          Yes double and 1.5

Spacing - custom     No           Yes

Space before and     See comment  N/S          When converting to  after                                           WordStar, space before and after is simulated with blank lines.

Bullets and numbering See comment See comment  Numbered lists are converted to static numbers. Bulleted lists are converted to ASCII characters, such as a                                                 period "." or a pipe symbol "|".

Paragraph numbering  See comment  See comment  Automatic numbering from Word is converted to static text in                                                 WordStar. Paragraph Outline Numbering from WordStar is also converted to static text in Word.

Widow/orphan control No           No  and keep lines together

Keep with next and   No           N/S keep together

Document Formatting:

Footnotes            No           No

Endnotes             No           No

Bookmarks            No           No

Section Formatting:

Columns              No           No

Margins              Yes          Yes

Gutter margins       No           No

Paper Size           Yes          Yes

Orientation          See Comment  Yes          When converting to                                                  WordStar for Windows, landscape and portrait orientation will be                                                 preserved. When converting to WordStar for MS-DOS, landscape orientation will be                                                 converted to portrait.

Headers/Footers     See comment  See Comment   More than five lines general                                        of header/footer text are not converted to                                                 WordStar. Basic character formatting is retained.  First page special    No           N/S header/footer  Even/odd headers/     No           No  footers  Header and Footer     No           See Comment  Headers and footers are placement                                      placed at the .5 default in Word.

Date and time entries in footers   No           Yes  WordStar default      N/S          No  page number in a  footer  Page Numbers          See Comment  See Comment  Non-numeric page numbers and page position are not converted.

Other Features:

Tables               See comment  N/S          Tables are converted to                                                  tab-delimited text in                                                  WordStar.

Tables Borders       See comment  N/S          Tables are converted to                                                  tab-delimited text in                                                  WordStar.

Styles               See Comment  See Comment  Styles are converted only for WordStar version 5.5 and later. When converting from WordStar to Word, styles are converted to                                                 direct formatting.

Table of contents    No           See Comment  To retain the appearance of a                                                 WordStar table of                                                  contents, convert the .TOC file separately, then insert it into the converted WordStar document that is                                                 associated with it.

Index                No           See Comment  To retain the appearance of a                                                 WordStar index, convert the .idx file separately, then insert it into the converted WordStar document that is associated with it.

Tables of captions,  No           No  tables of figures, tables of authorities

Drawings, equations, No           No  and charts

Outline              No           No

Fields               No           No

Frames               No           No

Revision markings    No           No

Print Merge          No           No

Dark and  Light      No           Yes colors

Printer control      N/S          No  codes

Summary information  No           No

Place markers        N/S          No

Comments and         No           No  Annotations

Overprinting         N/S          No

Column Breaks        No           No



MORE INFORMATION
For information on what file converters are available in Word, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu, then type File Converters. Under "Tell Me About," double-click "File Format Converters Supplied with Microsoft Word."

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