Microsoft KB Archive/107894

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MultiMate Converter Limitations in Word 6.0 for Windows

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Q107894

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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 MultiMate versions 3.3, Advantage, Advantage II, and 4.0.

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      MultiMate to           to Feature                 MultiMate     Word 6.0    Comments ---                -     -

Character Formatting:

Italic               No            No          Italic is a separate font in MultiMate.

Shadow               No            No

Small caps           No            N/S

Draft                N/S           No

Strikethrough        Yes           S/C         MultiMate strikethrough is converted to Word's                                                 default strikethrough character.

Enhanced             N/S           No

Fonts                See...........comment     Pitch settings are converted, but fonts are not retained during import or export. All fonts are converted to                                                 Courier or Courier New during import.

Columns:

Break                See...........comment     Section column breaks are not supported in                                                 MultiMate. Section breaks are inserted in                                                 Word 6.0 for conversion of MultiMate columns.

Snaking              See...........comment     Snaking columns are converted, but require repagination in                                                 MultiMate before printing.

Space between        No            S/C         MultiMate intercolumn gaps are not converted.

Document Formatting:

Gutter margins       No            N/S

Mirror Even/         No            N/S Odd Pages

Page Formatting:

Margins              See...........comment     Margins are offset by                                                  the width of the non- printable area of the installed printer.

Paragraph Formatting:

Right and justified  No            No  alignment

Borders              No            N/S

Indents              See comment   N/S         Negative indents are not converted.

Keep lines together  No            No

Keep with next       No            No

Line spacing         See comment   Yes         Fractional line spacing is rounded off to the next half-line increment. MultiMate zero, quarter, and half line spacing are converted to single line spacing in Word.

Space before/after   See comment   N/S         Line spacing before and after paragraphs is                                                 converted to empty paragraphs of equivalent increments.

Tabs (center,        No            N/S  right, and tab  leader)

Tabs (decimal)       See...........comment     Decimal tabs convert to                                                  left tabs.

Center part of a     N/S           No  line

Section Formatting:

Section breaks       See comment   N/S         Column, even, and odd breaks are not converted.

Headers/footers      No            No          The first header/footer encountered in a                                                 MultiMate document is                                                  converted. First, even, and odd page headers/footers are converted to MultiMate. MultiMate header and footer positions from edge become 0.5 inch in                                                 Word.

Line numbering       No            N/S         Section line numbering is not converted.

Tables               No            N/S         Tables are not supported in MultiMate.

Other Features:

Annotations          No            N/S

Footnotes            Yes           S/C         MultiMate stores footnotes in a separate document with a                                                 different filename extension. To view the footnotes converted with a MultiMate document, make sure the footnote file is renamed to the same name as the converted document and ends with the .FNX filename extension.

Footnote position    No            No  (end of page, end  of document)

Manual footnote      No            N/S reference marks

Graphics             No            N/S

Outlining            No            N/S         Outline structure is                                                  lost when converting to                                                  MultiMate.

AutoText/Library     No            S/C         Convert the MultiMate Library file separately, then select each entry in the converted file and copy to a new AutoText entry in Word.

Index                No            N/S

Tables of contents   No            S/C         To convert a MultiMate table of contents, separately convert the .TOC file, then insert the converted .TOC file into the converted main document.

Print Merge          No            No          Print merge fields are commands (MultiMate                            not converted.  information  handling files)

Bookmarks            No            N/S

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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