Microsoft KB Archive/68045

RTF Conversion Loses Manual Bold Formatting in WinWord

PSS ID Number: Q68045 Article last modified on 11-15-1994

1.00 1.10

WINDOWS

Summary:

If a Microsoft Word for Windows document is converted to RTF format, manual bold formatting at the beginning of a paragraph may be lost if it immediately follows a paragraph with a style defined as “Normal + Bold.” This only occurs when the Normal style has been changed from Tms Rmn 10, and the text in use is not Tms Rmn or 10 points.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Create a new document based on the default NORMAL.DOT.
 * 2) Define the Normal style to be a different font and point size than Tms Rmn 10 (for example, try Courier 12).
 * 3) Type two paragraphs (not using the Tms Rmn 10 font).
 * 4) Apply the Heading 3 Style to the first paragraph. (The default Heading 3 is defined to be “Normal + Bold.”)
 * 5) Manually apply bold formatting to the beginning of the second paragraph. (Style remains Normal.)
 * 6) Save the file in RTF format.
 * 7) Re-open the RTF file.

The bold formatting in the second paragraph is now gone.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for Windows versions 1.0 and 1.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available. KBCategory:kbother KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10 textconv ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.