Microsoft KB Archive/95264

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WD: How Cross-References Converted Between MacWord and WinWord

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Q95264

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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 an overview of how cross-reference formats are converted between Word for Windows version 2.0c and Word for the Macintosh version 5.1. 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. Cross          Mac   Win Reference      to    to   Formatting      Win   Mac   Comments --     ---   ---      To Bookmark     N/A    N    Cross-references to a location are not a   Location                    feature of Word for the Macintosh, and revert to main document field name merge instructions (for example, < >                              where < > represent left and right                               chevron characters) when converting to                               that product. If the same or another document is                              subsequently re-opened into Word for Windows from Word for the Macintosh format and the optional ConvertMerge flag in the [MacWordConv] section of the Win.ini file is set to Yes (the default), the chevron delimited text is converted back to                              the original REF field. No result for the cross-reference field will initially appear, and the field must be updated to                              display a result. If the ConvertMerge flag is instead set to                              No or the document is saved to Word for Windows format from within Word for the Macintosh, field name merge instructions are converted as normal text. To Bookmark    N/A    N    Same as above. Selection To Footnote    N/A    N    The latest result of the Word for Windows Number                     FTNREF field is converted to Word for the {ftnref }                  Macintosh as normal text. If the same document is converted back to                              Word for Windows, the FTNREF field is not recovered. To Page        N/A    N    When a document is saved in Word for the Number                     Macintosh format from within Word for {pageref }                 Windows, the latest result of the PAGEREF field is converted to Word for the Macintosh as normal text. If the same document is converted back to                              Word for Windows, the PAGEREF field is                               not recovered. If the original document is instead opened from Word for Windows format into Word for the Macintosh, the PAGEREF field is                              incorrectly converted to a Page Number glossary entry. As a result, the current physical page number appears instead of                              number of the page originally cross- referenced in Word for Windows. Microsoft has identified the above as a                              problem Word for the Macintosh 5.1. We are researching the problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.   To Items in a   N/A    N    The latest result of a SEQ field that Sequence                   references a bookmark is converted to Word {seq bookmark}             for the Macintosh as normal text. If the same document is converted back to                              Word for Windows, the SEQ field is not recovered. To Style       N/A    N    The latest result of a STYLEREF field is   {styleref }                 converted to Word for the Macintosh as                               normal text. If the same document is converted back to                              Word for Windows, the STYLEREF field is                               not recovered. Within Index   N/A    E    The Word for Windows optional XE field \r {xe...\r}                  switch references a bookmark to obtain a                               range of page numbers for an index entry. When a document containing an XE field with the \r switch cross referencing a                              bookmark is converted to Word for the Macintosh, no .i. Index Entry code appears at the original location of the XE field. Instead, a &quot;range of pages&quot; index entry appears bounding the starting and ending locations of the text range originally referenced by the bookmark in Word for Windows. For example, index entry will appear similar to: .i(.IndexEntryText BookmarkText                                 .i).IndexEntryText This preserves the same page range outcome and will continue to maintain the same outcome if the converted index is later recompiled. Additional query words: textconv

Keywords : kbinterop winword macword wordconvert

Issue type : kbbug kbinfo

Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch kbWordMSearch