Microsoft KB Archive/93310

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WD: How Characters Map from MacWord 5.1 to WinWord

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Q93310

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0b, 2.0c

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SUMMARY
This article summarizes how Word translates the Macintosh character set to the ANSI equivalents when converting documents from Word for the Macintosh to Word for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION
This article summarizes each possible direct conversion method. These methods include the following:


 * Saving as Word for the Macintosh format from within Word for the Macintosh, and then opening the document in Word for Windows
 * Saving as Word for Windows 2.0 format from within Word for the Macintosh, and then opening the document in Word for Windows
 * Saving as Interchange Format (RTF) from within Word for the Macintosh, and then opening the document in Word for Windows

Where possible, Word converts characters to the equivalent characters. However, Macintosh characters have no equivalent in the ANSI character set, or are otherwise not correctly mapped. See the &quot;Key&quot; section later in this article (following the &quot;Mapping Table&quot; section) for more information on these characters.

The ANSI and Macintosh character sets both include the ASCII character set as their lower 128 values. All ASCII characters share the same appearance and numeric location in each set and are converted accurately. Therefore, the following table focuses on how the upper range of extended characters are mapped, beginning with character 128. Values in the last three columns represent the ordinal values of equivalent characters in the Macintosh character set.

Mapping Table
  Macintosh   Character                  Saved to   Opened from   Opened character  name                       Word for   Word for      from decimal                               Windows    Macintosh     RTF code                                  format     format        format --  128         A umlaut capital           196        196           196 129        A ring above capital       197        197           197 130        C cedilla capital          199        199           199 131        E acute capital            201        201           201 132        N tilde capital            209        209           209 133        O umlaut capital           214        214           214 134        U umlaut capital           220        220           220 135        a acute small              225        225           225 136        a grave small              224        224           224 137        a circumflex small         226        226           226 138        a umlaut small             228        228           228 139        a tilde small              227        227           227 140        a ring above small         229        229           229 141        c cedilla small            231        231           231 142        e acute small              233        233           233 143        e grave small              232        232           232 144        e circumflex small         234        234           234 145        e umlaut small             233 p235   233 p235      235 146        i acute small              237        237           237 147        i grave small              236        236           236 148        i circumflex small         238        238           238 149        i umlaut small             239        239           239 150        n tilde small              241        241           241 151        o acute small              243        243           243 152        o grave small              242        242           242 153        o circumflex small         244        244           244 154        o umlaut small             246        246           246 155        o tilde small              245        245           245 156        u acute small              250        250           250 157        u grave small              249        249           249 158        u circumflex small         251        251           251 159        u umlaut small             252        252           252 160        Dagger                     134         95 p134      134 161        Degree symbol              176        176           176 162        Cent sign                  162        162           162 163        Pound sign                 163        163           163 164        U.S. section symbol        167        167           167 165        Solid, large bullet        149        111 p149      149 166        U.S. paragraph symbol      182        182           182 167        Sharp S/beta capital       223        223           223 168        Registered trademark       174        174           174 169        Copyright symbol           169        169           169 170        Trademark symbol           153         95 p153      153 171        Acute accent               180        180           180 172        Umlaut accent              168        168           168 173        Not equal to                95  n      95  n         95  n   174         AE ligature capital        198        198           198 175        O slash capital            216        216           216 176        Infinity symbol             95  n      95  n         95  n   177         Plus or minus sign         177        177           177 178        Less than or equal to       95  s163   95  s163     178 n   179         Greater than or equal to    95  s179   95  s179     179 n   180         Yen sign                   165        165           165 181        Mu/micro symbol            181        181           181 182        Unknown name                95  s182   95  s182      95  n   183         Sigma capital               95  s83    95  s83       95  n   184         Pi capital                  95  s80    95  s80       95  n   185         Pi small                    95  s112   95  s112     185 p   186         Integral symbol             95  s242   95  s242      95  n   187         a underline small          170        170           170 188        Zero underline small       186        186           186 189        Omega capital               95  s87    95  s87      189 n   190         ae ligature small          230        198 p230      230 191        o slash small              248        248           248 192        Question mark inverted     191        191           191 193        Exclamation point inv. 161       161           161   194         Logical not/ optional hyphen        172        172           172 195        Check mark                  95  s214   95  s214     195 n   196         Florin/Guilder Sign        131        131           131 197        &quot;Approximately&quot;             95  s187   95  s187     197 n   198         Delta capital               95  s68    95  s68      198 n   199         Left chevron               171        171 *         171 200        Right chevron              187        187 *         187 201        Ellipsis                   133         95  p133     133 202        Required space             160        160           160 203        A grave capital            192        192           192 204        A tilde capital            195        195           195 205        O tilde capital            213        213           213 206        OE ligature capital        140        206 p140      140 207        oe ligature small          156        207 p156      156 208        En dash                    173        173           173 209        Em dash                    175        175           175 210        Left smart quotes          147        147           147 211        Right smart quotes         148        148           148 212        Left smart quote           145        145           145 213        Right smart quote          146        146           146 214        Divide sign                247        247           247 215        Hollow diamond              95  s224   95  s224     215 n   216         Umlaut small               255        255           255 217        Umlaut capital             159         95  p159     159 218        Slash                       47         47            47 219        Intl. currency symbol     164        164           164 220        Less than                  139        139           139 221        Greater than               155        155           155 222        fi ligature small           95  n      95  n        222 n   223         fl ligature small           95  n      95  n         95  n   224         Double dagger              135         95  p135     135 225        Solid, small bullet        183        183           183 226        Right smart quote subscript              130         95  p130     130 227        Right smart quotes subscript              132         95  p132     139 228        Per mille symbol           137         95  p137     137 229        A circumflex capital       194        194           194 230        E circumflex capital       202        202           202 231        A acute capital            193        193           193 232        E umlaut capital           203        203           203 233        E grave capital            200        200           200 234        I acute capital            205        205           205 235        I circumflex capital       206        206           206 236        I umlaut capital           207        207           207 237        I grave capital            204        204           204 238        O acute capital            211        211           211 239        O circumflex capital       212        212           212 240        Apple corporate logo        95  n      95  n        240 n   241         O grave capital            210        210           210 242        U acute capital            218        218           218 243        U circumflex capital       219        219           219 244        U grave capital            217        217           217 245        One subscript               95  n      95  n        166 p   246         Circumflex symbol          136         95  p136     136 247        Tilde symbol               152         95  p152     152 248        Macron                     175        175           173 p   249         Breve accent                95  n      95  n        249 n   250         Period (dot) accent         95  n      95  n         95  n   251         Circle (degree)             95  n      95  n         95  n   252         Cedilla accent             184        184           184 253        Right angle quotes          95  n      95  n        253 n   254         Reversed cedilla accent     95  n      95  n        254 n   255         Caron accent               160 p       95  n        255 n

Key
The following key outlines the codes in the mapping table above to identify those characters that do not retain their original appearance when converted.

 If an entry includes only a target number, it is converted correctly to its visual equivalent in the ANSI character set. If a target number is accompanied on the right by the letter &quot;s,&quot; this character does not automatically map to its visual character equivalent. The &quot;s&quot; indicates that the character does have a visual equivalent in the Windows Symbol font character set, and the number to the right of the &quot;s&quot; represents the Symbol font value.

NOTE: Font-specific character mapping is not currently supported in the conversion from Word for the Macintosh to Word for Windows. If the appearance is not retained, and a Symbol font equivalent is available, you must manually replace the converted character with the Symbol font value following conversion. If a target number is accompanied on the right by the letter &quot;p,&quot; this character does have an ANSI equivalent but is not mapped correctly. The number immediately to the right of the &quot;p&quot; represents the correct mapping. Such problems have been reported to Word development teams for future resolution. If a target number is accompanied to the right by the letter &quot;n,&quot; this character has no equivalent in ANSI or any other supplied font's character set. By design, Word maps all such characters to ANSI decimal value 95 (the underscore [_]).  If a target number is accompanied to the right by an asterisk (*), this character is either a left or right chevron and is affected by the ConvertMerge setting found in the [MacWordConv] section in your Wini.ini file: If ConvertMerge=No, Macintosh left and right chevrons are converted to their ANSI character equivalents when opening from Word for the Macintosh format in Word for Windows.

If ConvertMerge=Yes, the converter interprets left and right chevrons as merge fields, and converts them to Reference ({REF}) fields in Word for Windows.

NOTE: The ConvertMerge option only affects documents when they are opened from Word for the Macintosh format in Word for Windows. See the &quot;Conversion Options&quot; section of Convinfo.doc for more information. 