Microsoft KB Archive/272482

= WD2001: Converters Available for Word 2001 =

Article ID: 272482

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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 * Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q272482





SUMMARY
Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac supports conversion to and from a number of non-Word file formats. Word interprets some non-Word formats by using built-in converters, and other formats through the use of external converter files.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Word 2001 can import the following text formats without a converter:
 * MS-DOS Text
 * MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks
 * Rich Text Format (RTF)
 * Text Only (TXT)
 * Text with Line Breaks
 * Unicode Text
 * Web Pages
 * Appleworks 5
 * Word 1.x - 5.1 for the Macintosh
 * Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Word 1.x - 6.0 for Windows
 * Word 95 for Windows
 * Word 97 for Windows
 * Word 2000 for Windows
 * Word 2002 for Windows

Converters Included in Easy Install
The Easy installation of Microsoft Word 2001 includes text converters for plain-text file formats and documents created by the following programs.  Format            File           Requires the   Comments Microsoft Conversion Library -- AppleWorks 5     AppleWorks 5.0   Yes

File Recovery    Recover Text     Yes          Attempts to recover Converter                    text from corrupted Microsoft Word documents.

Excel 2.x-9.0    Microsoft Excel   Yes         Supports only 2.x-9.0                      importing.

Word 6.0/95      Word 6.0/95       Yes         Used by PowerPoint. Import                       Word only uses this converter to read J                                               Word files.

Word 6.0-95      Word 6.0/95       No          Required only for Export                       export.

Word 97-2001     Word 97-2001      Yes         Required for Word 97 Import                       for Windows, Word 98 Macintosh Edition files by PowerPoint 98.

Microsoft Word   Word 4.x-5.x      Yes         Required only for for the Macintosh            4.0-5.1 export by                                                Word. PowerPoint uses it for importing.

Additional Microsoft Word 2001 Converters
The following text converters are also included with Microsoft Word 2001, but you must install them from the Value Pack. Format              File                 Comments -- WordPerfect 5       WordPerfect 5.x      For WordPerfect 5.0 and 5.1. Used by Word and PowerPoint for import. Word also uses this for export.

WordPerfect Graphics WordPerfect Graphics Must be installed manually and placed in the Text Converters folder.

Word97-2001         Word97-2001          Must be manually installed on                     Converter/Installer  computers with Word 5.1 or                                          6.0 for the Macintosh already installed. Enables import of                                               documents created with later versions of Word for the Macintosh or Word for Windows.

Microsoft Works 4.0 Works 4.0 for the    Installable through Value Pack Converter           Macintosh            setup.

Text Encoding       Text Encoding        Enables better document Converter           conversion.

Unsupported Converters
Microsoft Word 2001 does not support converters for exporting to WordPerfect version 6, 7, or 8.0.

Word 2001 does not support converters for importing WordPerfect 2.x or 3.x. Contact DataViz about the availability of a converter.

Location of Converters
Text converters are installed in the following default location:

Microsoft Office 2001:Shared Applications:Text Converters

Third-Party Converter
DataViz Inc. sells the program MacLinkPlus Deluxe, which converts file formats other than those listed earlier in this article.

For more information about MacLinkPlus, please browse to the DataViz Web site:

http://www.dataviz.com/products/maclinkplus/index.html

Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.

For additional information about contacting a third-party vendor, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296400 OFF2001: Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List

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