Microsoft KB Archive/60303

Works 2.0: Formatting Offset Converting from Works to Word

PSS ID Number: Q60303 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

2.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

If you create a document with running heads in Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, convert it to Microsoft Works for MS-DOS format using WPTOWP.EXE, and then convert it back to Word, formatting (such as bold or underline) may shift to the right.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Create the document in Word with running heads.
 * 2) Format some of the text below the running head with bold or underline formatting.
 * 3) Convert the file to a Works Word Processor document using the Works file conversion utility (WPTOWP.EXE).
 * 4) Clear the “Use header & footer paragraphs” option under Print Headers & Footers. (Running heads are converted to header and footer paragraphs when you convert them to Works format.)
 * 5) Convert the file back to Word format using the conversion utility in Works.

When you load the file in Word, the text formatting is shifted to the right. Formatting is offset by an amount equal to the size of the running head.

This problem occurs because headers and footers are not erased when the “Use header & footer paragraphs” option is cleared. Instead, headers and footers remain at the top of the data. When the information is converted back to Word, the formatting is offset by the length of the header or footer.

KBCategory: kbprint KBSubcategory: dworkskb

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