Microsoft KB Archive/94957

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Converting Documents Between Works 3.0 for MS-DOS and Word

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Q94957

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c
 * Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, version 5.x
 * Microsoft Works for MS-DOS, version 3.0

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SUMMARY
Works version 3.0 for MS-DOS .WPS word processing files are recognized and can be successfully opened as Works 2.0 for MS-DOS files if the Works 2.0 for MS-DOS converter has been installed with Word. Likewise, Word for Windows or Word for MS-DOS documents converted to Works 2.0 format can be read by Works 3.0 for MS-DOS directly.

Formats newly introduced in Works 3.0 for MS-DOS are not retained during conversion. These limitations include:


 * End-of-page footnotes convert to end-of-section footnotes in either Word for MS-DOS or Word for Windows.
 * Graphic links convert to underscore characters in Word for Windows and are lost in conversion to Word for MS-DOS.
 * Spreadsheet links convert to underscore characters in Word for Windows and to backspace (overstrike) symbols in Word for MS-DOS.
 * All character colors including black, red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow convert to the auto character color in Word for Windows and to the black character color in Word for MS-DOS.
 * The Print Long Date special character converts to a default {date} field (short date format) in Word for Windows. However, it does convert to an equivalent (dateprint) entry in Word for MS-DOS.

WORKAROUND
Works 3.0 for MS-DOS contains the option to save a file in either Word for MS-DOS format or rich-text format (RTF). If you choose either of these two options from within Works and then open the resulting Word for MS-DOS or RTF file in Word for Windows or Word for MS-DOS, end-of-page footnotes are retained as such, character colors are retained, and long date formats are preserved.

MORE INFORMATION
To obtain the Works 2.0 for MS-DOS converter for use with Word for Windows, order the Supplemental File Conversions Disk referenced on the Supplemental Offers coupon included in your Word package. For more information on how to obtain this disk, query on the following words:

"conv and obtaining and supplemental and conversion and disk" If you are using Word for MS-DOS, see the discussion of the use of the WORK_RTF.EXE utility in Appendix C of &quot;Using Microsoft Word.&quot;

Additional query words: 1.10a 2.00a 2.00a-CD 2.00b 2.00c 5.50 textconv

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