Microsoft KB Archive/107895

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WordStar Converter Limitations in Word 6.0 for Windows

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Q107895

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0

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SUMMARY
This article provides information about limitations when converting between Word 6.0 for Windows and WordStar versions 3.3, 3.45, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, and 7.0.

Features that are converted completely are not listed. Only features that are not converted, are not supported in one product or the other, or require some comment are included. "Yes" means the feature exists in both products and is converted from one product to the other. "No" means it exists in both products but is not completely converted between the two. "N/S" means the feature is not supported in one of the products or is not converted completely between products.

                       Word 6.0      WordStar to           to Feature                 WordStar      Word 6.0    Comments ---

Character Formatting:                            This is changed to plain format in WordStar if                                                 the feature is not available.

Small caps           No            N/S

Font color           No            Yes

Double-strike        N/S           No

Space Underline      N/S           No

Font type styles     No            No          Pitch settings are converted, but fonts are not retained during import or export. All fonts are converted to                                                 Courier or Courier New during import.

Document Formatting:

Footnotes            See comment   Yes         When converting to                                                  WordStar, custom footnote numbers are not converted, and starting footnote reference numbers are not converted.

Page Formatting:

Margins              See comment   Yes         The first margin encountered in the Word document is used for the entire document when converting to WordStar.

Gutter margins       No            No

Paragraph Formatting:

Tabs                 See comment   Yes         When converting to                                                  WordStar, vertical tab alignment is not converted.

Right indents        No            N/S

Space before and     See comment   N/S         When converting to  after                                           WordStar, space before and after is simulated with blank lines.

Paragraph numbering  No            No

Paragraph margins    No            No

Tab leaders and      See...........comment     Tab leaders are not decimal tab                                    converted. Decimal tabs become left tabs.

Keep with next and   No            N/S keep together

Section Formatting:

First page special   No            N/S header/footer

Date and time entries in footers   No            N/S

Even/odd headers/    No            No  footers

Headers/Footers      See...........comment     More than three lines of  general                                         header/footer text is                                                  not converted to                                                  WordStar. Paragraph formatting in headers/ footers is not converted.

WordStar default     N/S           No  page number in a  footer

Tables               See comment   N/S         Tables are converted to                                                  tab-delimited text in                                                  WordStar.

Other Features:

Styles               See...........comment     Styles are converted only for WordStar version 5.5 and above. When converting from WordStar to Word 6.0, styles are converted to                                                 direct formatting.

Table of contents    No             S/C        To retain the appearance of a WordStar table of                                                 contents, convert the .TOC file separately, then insert it into the converted WordStar document that is                                                 associated with it.

Index                No             S/C        To retain the appearance of a WordStar index, convert the .IDX file separately, then insert it into the converted WordStar document that is associated with it.

Tables of captions,  No             No  tables of figures, tables of authorities

Outline              No             No

Page Numbers         See............comment    Non-numeric page numbers and page position are not converted.

Print Merge          No             No

"Dark" and "Light"   N/S            S/C        This is converted to  colors                                          Black.

Printer control      No             No  codes

Orientation          No             No

Summary information  No             No

Place markers        N/S            No

Overprinting         N/S            No

MORE INFORMATION
The information above is extracted from the SCNVINFO.DOC file supplied with the Word 6.0 for Windows Supplemental File Conversions Disks.

For information on limitations and options when converting to and from file formats for which converters are supplied with Word, double-click the Help button on the Standard toolbar in Word, and then type readme. Press ENTER twice, click File Conversion, and view the relevant Conversion Limitations topic.

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