Microsoft KB Archive/189566

= WD98: Limitations Converting Documents from Word 98 to 6.0/95 =

Article ID: 189566

Article Last Modified on 10/29/2004

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 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q189566



SUMMARY
This article provides information about what happens when you convert a Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition document to Word 6.x for the Macintosh or Word 7.0 for Windows 95.



MORE INFORMATION
The following table identifies the Word 98 features that are supported, not supported, or are partially supported in converted documents.                       Supported/ Word 98 feature    Not supported     Comments

Embedded fonts     Not supported     Embedded fonts are lost, and Word 7.x or Word 6.x assigns the closest font available.

Outline and        Not supported     Outline numbered lists and heading heading numbered                     numbered lists are converted to   lists                                 regular text but retain their appearance.

Multilevel bullets Not supported     Multilevel bullets are converted to regular text but retain their appearance.

Arrow Styles       Not Supported     Arrow styles for lines are lost.

Page borders       Not supported     Page borders are not converted.

Character shading  Not supported     Character shading is lost.

Character borders  Not supported     Character borders are lost.

Paragraph borders  Not supported     Paragraph borders and shading are lost.

Animated text      Not supported     Animated text formatting is lost.

Embossed and       Not supported     Embossed and engraved character engraved                             formatting is lost. characters

EMF, PNG, and      Supported         Graphics are saved in applicable JPEG graphics                        EMF, PNG, or JPEG formats and are converted to WMF (Windows                                        Metafile) or PICT (Macintosh) format.

Grouped Drawing    Partially         Grouped drawing objects become objects            supported         a single box, unable to ungroup

Floating pictures  Not supported     Floating pictures are converted in   with text wrapping                    a frame to WMF (Windows Metafile) around them                          or PICT (Macintosh) format.

Floating OLE       Not supported     Floating OLE objects are converted objects                              to text boxes.

Highlighting       Partially         Highlighting is preserved in Word supported        7.0 for Windows but lost in Word 6.x for the Macintosh.

Vertically merged  Not supported     Merged table cells are expanded table cells                          into unmerged cells.

Vertically split   Partially         Vertically split cells in a row table cells        supported         are converted to separate rows. The table remains uniform.

Vertically aligned Not supported     Vertically aligned text is   text in table                         reformatted so that the text cells                                is aligned at the top of the cell.

Vertical text in   Not supported     Vertical text is reformatted as   table cells                           horizontal text.

HYPERLINK field    Partially         The last value of the HYPERLINK supported        field is retained.

NOTE: Relative links may be lost.

Tracked changes    Not supported     Tracked changes for properties, for properties,                      paragraph numbers, and display paragraph numbers,                   fields are lost, but other and display fields                   tracked changes are retained.

Password           Not supported     All document protection is lost. protection of  documents

Document           Not supported     All document protection is lost. protection for tracked changes, comments, and forms

New document       Partially         New document properties are properties         supported         preserved in Word 7.0 (Windows) introduced                           but are lost in Word 6.x for in Word 98                           Macintosh.

ActiveX controls   Partially         ActiveX controls can be used but on forms           supported         not modified.

Unicode characters Not supported     Result in potential data loss. Unicode characters (2 bytes per                                        character) are mapped to                                         corresponding ANSI (Windows) or                                         Macintosh equivalents (1 byte per                                         character) or converted to                                         question marks (?). Foreign language characters are the most likely to be affected.

DOCPROPERTY field  Partially         The DOCPROPERTY field is retained supported        in Word 7.0, but only the most recent value of the field is                                        retained in Word 6.x.

Visual Basic       Not supported     Macros created in Word 98 Visual macros                               Basic are lost.

Cannot Edit a Word Document Embedded Object in Word 7.0 for Windows 95
In Word 98, if you insert a Word document as an embedded object, save the document in the Word 6.x/95 format or Rich Text Format, and then open the document in Word 6.x or Word 7.0 for Windows 95, you may receive the following error message when you double-click the object to edit it:

Word cannot edit the object

This problem occurs because when you save the document created in Word 98 in the Word 6.x/95 format or Rich Text Format, the embedded object is not saved as a Word 95 document object. To edit the object, you must have Word 98 installed on your computer.

This problem can occur with any OLE object, including objects created in Word 98 documents. To see a list of OLE server programs (object types) installed on your computer, view the list in the Object dialog box (click Object on the Insert menu).

For more information about Word conversions, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Word Help, type the following text

converting files, different versions of Word

and then click Show Topics. Select the "What happens when I save a Word 98 document" topic, or the "Share documents created in Word 98 and earlier" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: converting converts converted transferred transferring transfers 6.0/95 binary rft rtf

Keywords: kbinfo kbconversion KB189566

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