Microsoft KB Archive/115785

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Office Document Architecture (ODA) Converter Limitations

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Q115785

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a

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SUMMARY
Included below is a list of Word 6.0 properties, features, and an explanation of how those features are converted to and from ODA (FOD26) documents by the ODA converter supplied with the Microsoft Word ODA (FOD26) Converter Kit.

Each section covers a group of Word 6.0 properties and their ODA (FOD26) equivalents. The key is as follows:

  Yes       The feature exists in both products and is converted from one product to the other.

No       The feature exists in both products but is not completely converted between the two.

N/S      The feature is not supported in one of the products or   or        is not converted completely between products or that Fallback the fallback conversion is used.

S/C      See the associated comment. Note: The converter should be installed in the Word 6.0 for Windows directory or a directory on the MS-DOS path. If this is not done, the converter will not run. Setup proposes the Word 6.0 for Windows directory by default.

Limitations
                           Word   ODA to    to Features and Properties     ODA    Word         Comments ---

Character Formatting:

Character subrepertoire  ANSI   ISO 8859/1   In both directions, and 6937    unsupported accented characters are mapped to                                               unaccented characters. Unsupported characters and symbols are mapped to the "?" character. ANSI is                                               mapped to ISO 6937 and ISO 8859/1.

Fonts                    Yes    Yes          ODA allows 10 font styles per paragraph. If there are more than 10 font styles in                                               a Word paragraph, the styles after the tenth one will be converted to the tenth font style.

Font size                Yes    Yes

Bold                     Yes    Yes

Italic                   Yes    Yes

Strikethrough            Yes    Yes          Word strikethough is                                                converted to ODA crossed out emphasis.

Hidden                   No     N/S          Word hidden text is lost.

Small Capitals           No     N/S          Word small capitals are converted to uppercase and lowercase letters.

All Capitals             No     N/S

Underline - Single       Yes    Yes          Word single underline is                                                changed to ODA underlined emphasis.

Underline - Word only    Yes    N/S

Underline - Double       Yes    Yes          Word double underline is                                                changed to ODA doubly underlined emphasis.

Underline - Dotted       S/C    N/S          Word dotted underline is                                                changed to ODA underlined emphasis.

Superscript              Yes    Yes          Word superscript text is                                                converted as one-half the point size of regular text.

Subscript                Yes    Yes          Word subscript text is                                                converted as one-half the point size of regular text.

Color                    No     N/S

Kerning                  No     N/S

Character Styles         No     N/S          Word character style formatting is changed to                                               direct formatting.

Language Property        No     N/S

Paragraph Formatting:

Alignment                Yes    Yes          Word right alignment is                                                changed to ODA end alignment.

Indents                  Yes    Yes          Word left and right indents are changed to ODA offset left and right attributes.

Tabs - left/right        Yes    Yes          Word left and right tabs aligned                                      are changed to ODA start and end aligned.

Tabs decimal             Yes    Yes          Word decimal tabs are changed to ODA align around.

Tab leaders              No     N/S

Page break before        Yes    Yes          The Word page break before property is changed to the ODA new layout object attribute with the value of                                               "page."

Keep with next           Yes    Yes          The Word keep with next property is changed to the ODA same layout object attribute.

Keep lines together      Yes    Yes          The Word keep lines together property is                                               changed to the ODA indivisibility attribute.

Widow and orphan         Yes    Fallback     Word can't set widow or  control                                       orphan size.

Line numbers             No     N/S

Space before/after       Yes    Yes          Word space before and after is converted to the ODA separation attribute. The ODA separation attribute is                                               converted to space before the appropriate paragraph.

Line spacing             Yes    Yes

Paragraph styles         No     N/S          Word paragraph style formatting is changed to                                               direct formatting.

Bullets & numbering      No     Yes          Word bullets and numbering are converted to normal text bullets and numbers. Word heading paragraphs that are numbered are converted to ODA numbered segments. ODA numbering is                                               converted to normal text in                                                Word.

Borders:

Box borders              S/C    Yes          Word borders around paragraphs and tables are converted if they appear in                                               singular column text. Borders on embedded objects are lost.

Partial borders          No     N/S          Word partial borders on                                                paragraphs are lost. Partial borders on tables are retained.

Distance from text       Yes    Yes

Line styles              Fallback            Word has many border styles Yes         while ODA has thick, thin, and dotted borders.

Shadow borders           Yes    N/S          Word shadow borders are converted as box borders.

Color                    No     N/S

Shading                  No     N/S

Footnotes and Annotations:

Automatic numbering      Yes    Yes          Numbers are always converted as Arabic style.

Custom numbering         Yes    Yes

Start at number          Yes    Yes

Restart numbering at     No     No  each section

Place at bottom of page  Yes    Yes

Place beneath text       Fallback            Word beneath text footnotes N/S         are converted to bottom of                                                the page footnotes.

Place at end of document Fallback            Word endnotes are converted N/S         to bottom of the page footnotes.

Footnote separators      No     N/S

Annotations              No     N/S

Tables:

Tables                   Fallback            Word tables are converted N/S         to ODA synchronized columns since ODA (FOD26) does not support tables. ODA synchronized columns are converted to Word tables.

Header Row               No     N/S          Word header rows are treated like normal table rows.

Cell borders             Yes    Yes

Cell shading &           No     N/S background

Frames:

Frame position           No     N/S          Word framed text is                                                converted to regular text at the beginning of the page it appears on.

Fields:

AUTONUM                  No     N/S

Document summary fields  Yes    Yes          Word summary fields are converted to ODA document management attributes.

Formulas                 No     N/S

Merge fields             No     N/S

Bookmarks                No     N/S

Other fields             No     N/S          If reasonable, Word fields with text results are converted to plain text.

Page Formatting:

Margins                  Yes    Yes          ODA describes page layout differently from Word, so                                               margin definitions are different.

Word top margins correspond to ODA trailing edge margins, Word bottom margins correspond to ODA top edge, and Word left and right margins correspond to                                               ODA right and left margins.

Mirror margins           No     No

Gutter margins           Yes    Yes          Word gutter margins correspond to ODA page offset and margins for Recto page and Verso page.

Hard page breaks         Yes    Yes

Paper size               Yes    Yes

Portrait orientation     Yes    Yes

Landscape orientation    Yes    Yes

Columns:

Number of columns        Yes    Yes

Variable column width    Yes    Yes

Space between            Yes    Yes

Line between             No     N/S

Hard column break        Yes    Yes

Sections:

Sections                 Yes    Yes          Word sections are equivalent to ODA passages.

New page section         Yes    Yes start/break

Continuous section       No     N/S start/break

Even/odd page section    No     No  start/break

Vertical alignment       No     N/S

Line numbering           No     N/S

Headers and Footers:

Header/Footer text       Yes    Yes

Header/Footer fields     S/C    N/S          The page number field is                                                preserved. Page numbers are set to restart at each section.

Odd page header/footer   Yes    Yes

Even page header/footer  Yes    Yes

First page               Yes    Yes header/footer

Pictures:

Pictures                 Yes    Yes          Word graphics are converted to CGM files. ODA graphics are converted as Word import fields.

Scaling and clipping     No     No           Graphics are converted as                                                their original size. Scaling and clipping changes are lost.

Index and Table of Contents:

Index entries            No     N/S

Index                    S/C    N/S          Word indexes are converted as plain text.

Table of contents        No     N/S          Word table of contents are converted as plain text.

Miscellaneous Features and Properties:

Hyphenation              No     N/S

Form fields              Fallback            The result of Word text N/S         form fields are retained. Other form fields are lost.

Revision marks           No     N/S         Word revised text is                                                converted as plain text.

Drawing objects          No     N/S

OLE objects              S/C    N/S         Word OLE objects which are not set to display as icons are converted to CGM graphics. Linking information is lost. Objects embedded within other objects are also lost.

MORE INFORMATION
"Fallback" is a term used by the ODA consortium to define what is an acceptable output format if a particular ODA feature cannot be supported.

The information in this article is derived from the ODALIMIT.DOC conversion limitation document included with the Microsoft Word ODA (FOD26) Converter Kit.

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