Microsoft KB Archive/26428

Differences Between Tabs Between 1.x and Later Versions PSS ID Number: Q26428 Article last modified on 08-17-1993 PSS database name: APpsConV

1.00 1.05 3.00 3.01 3.02 4.00

MACINTOSH

Summary:

When a document is converted from Word versions 1.x format to versions 3.x or 4.0, extra tabs may appear in the text that do not line up on tab stops as they did earlier.

This problem occurs because the tabs in Word 1.x are typesetting tabs; the tabs in Word 3.x and 4.0 are typewriter tabs. For example, if tabs have been set for 1, 2, and 3 inches in Word 1.05 and the text extends to 2.5 inches, the TAB key must be pressed three times to tab to 3 inches: once for each of the tabs at 1 inch, 2 inches, and 3 inches.

In Word 3.x or 4.0 with the same setup, pressing the TAB key puts the cursor at 3 inches (the next tab stop to the right of the cursor). This is true for left-aligned, right-aligned, decimal, and centering tabs.

Word 5.0 cannot directly import a Word 1.x formatted file. The file must first be opened and saved in Word 3.x or 4.0.

Additional reference words: 3.0 3.00 3.01 3.02 4.00 5.00

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