Microsoft KB Archive/125299

= WD: Ami Pro 3.x Converter Limitations =

PSS ID Number: 125299

Article Last Modified on 11/14/2000

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word for Windows NT 6.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
 * Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

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This article was previously published under Q125299



SUMMARY
This article describes the limitations of using the Ami Pro 3.0 Converter.



Introduction
This document lists properties and features in Word and explains how those features convert from Word 6.0 and 7.0 to Ami Pro 3.0 and from Ami Pro 3.0 to Word 6.0 and 7.0. Each section covers a group of Word properties and their Ami Pro equivalents.

"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 to  Ami Pro Ami Pro to Word Features and Properties                        Comments

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Document
Summary info   See       See        Keywords and comments are comment  comment    retained in both directions. Other summary information is                                    lost.

Passwords      See       See        Ami Pro password-protected files comment  comment    cannot be opened in Word.

Default tab    No       N/S stops

Section
Line numbering See       Yes        Word line numbering is converted comment             to Number All Lines. Word does not have a "Number all text                                    lines" feature, so Ami Pro "Number all text lines" numbering is converted with all lines numbered.

Left/right     N/S       No         Ami Pro supports different page margins                        margin settings for "right" and "left" page margins--that is, the right and left pages of facing pages can have different margin settings. These margin settings are converted to Word default settings.

Mirror margins No        No

Vertical       No        No alignment

Paper size     Yes       Yes

Orientation    Yes       No

Page numbers   No        No

Page text      N/S       No         In Ami Pro, the text "Page" is                                     inserted as part of the page number field. Word doesn't have a similar field.

Section break  See       Yes        Ami Pro calls a section break comment             "Page Layout formatting." Ami Pro has no equivalent to Word's                                    odd, even, or continuous section breaks.

Columns
               See       See        Columns are converted to tables comment  comment    when there are multiple column settings on a single page separated by a section break.

Number of      See       Yes        The maximum number of columns in [columns]       comment              Ami Pro is eight. If a Word document with more than eight columns per page is converted, each column will be on a                                    separate page.

Width          No        Yes        Word columns are always converted as equal-width columns.

Line between   No        No

Space between  Yes       No

Headers and Footers
First page     Yes       Yes

Even page      Yes       Yes

Odd page       No        Yes

All pages      Yes       Yes

Distance from  See       See        Word and Ami Pro measure the edge       comment   comment    header/footer distance from the edge of the page. The converter approximates the distances as                                    closely as possible.

Floating       N/S       See        The first floating header and headers/footers          comment    footer in each page layout are converted.

Paragraph
Alignment      Yes       Yes

Indentation    Yes       Yes

Space          See       Yes        Word before and after paragraph before/after   comment              spacing are converted to hard line breaks in Ami Pro.

Line spacing   Yes       See        Ami Pro custom line spacing is                          comment    converted to Word "Exact" line spacing. Other spacing is                                    converted to "At Least." Widow/orphan   No        No control

Keep lines     No        No together

Keep with next No        No

Page break     No        No before

Suppress line  No        N/S numbers

Don't          No        No hyphenate

Styles         No        No         Styles are converted as direct formatting.

Font
Underline      See       Yes        Word dotted underline is lost comment             when converted to Ami Pro.

Superscript    No        Yes

Subscript      No        Yes

Hidden         No        N/S        Word hidden text is converted to                                     normal text in Ami Pro.

Lowercase      N/S       No         Lowercase is an Ami Pro font format.

Expanded/      No        No condensed

Raised/lowered See       N/S        Word raised/lowered is converted comment             to Ami Pro superscript/subscript.

Overstrike     N/S       No

Kerning        No        N/S

Color          See       See        Colors are mapped as close to                comment   comment    the original colors as possible.

Language       No        No

Tabs
Leaders        Yes       No         Tab leader characters are not converted to Word. Word bar tabs are lost when converted to                                    Ami Pro.

Bullets and Numbering
Bullets        See       No         Word bullets are converted to                comment              plain text.

Numbering      See       No         Word numbering is converted to                comment              plain text.

Multilevel     See       N/S        Word multilevel numbering is                comment              converted to plain text.

Heading        See       N/S        Word heading numbering is numbering       comment              converted to plain text.

Borders and Shading for Paragraphs
Page borders   N/S       No         Page borders are not converted from Ami Pro to Word. Because Word does not support page borders, lines around a page in                                    Ami Pro 3.0 are lost when converted to Word.

Box            No        N/S

Shadow         No        N/S

Lines (top,    No        Yes        Ami Pro top and bottom borders bottom, left,                        are converted.  Custom border right)                               length is lost, as Word doesn't                                     support it. Distance from  No        Yes text

Line style
               No        Yes        Line styles are mapped to the closest style if the exact line style does not exist.

Shading        No        N/S

Color          No        Yes

Frames
Text wrap, No  N/S       No wrap around

Text wrap,     Yes       Yes None

Size           Yes       Yes

Move with text No        No (flow with text)

Lock anchor    No        No

Repeat (all    N/S       No         Ami Pro repeat frames are pages, left,                         converted to regular Word right)                               frames.

Transparent    N/S       No

Opaque         N/S       Yes

Line around,   No        No shadow

Tables in      No        No         The tables are converted, but frames                              all frame formatting is lost.

Drop caps      See       N/S        Positioning of drop caps will be                comment              off when converted to Ami Pro, as Ami Pro doesn't support varying subscript.

Tables
Long tables    See       See        Ami Pro 3.0 tables in columns comment  comment    are placed at the end of the document.

Merged cells   No        See        Merged cell appearance is                          comment    retained.

Row height                          Custom table row height is                                     converted to default row height. Row indent     No        No

Table          No        No         Center- and right-aligned tables alignment                           are converted to left-aligned tables. Heading row    No        No

Borders        No        Yes

Shading and    No        No background pattern

Number         N/S       See        Numbers in a table that are formatting               comment    number formatted in Ami Pro (for                                     example, numbers that contain a                                     dollar sign or percent sign) are converted as nonformatted numbers in Word.

Page breaks    Yes       No         Page breaks inserted between inserted                            table rows in Ami Pro are row between table                       attributes and have no rows                                 equivalent table feature in                                     Word.

Pictures
<pre class="fixed_text">                No        No

OLE
<pre class="fixed_text">               No        Yes

Object size,   No        Yes position, cropping, and scaling

Object data    See       Yes        Objects are updated when the comment             file is opened in Word.

Footnotes and Annotations
<pre class="fixed_text">Number start   Yes       Yes at

Custom mark    See       See        Custom footnotes are converted comment  comment    to numeric footnotes.

Endnotes       Yes       See        Endnotes are converted to                          comment    footnotes at the bottom of the page.

Continuous/re- No        No start each section or page

Footnote       No        No         Word or Ami Pro default separators and                      separators are used. continuations

Maximum number N/A       See        No more than 30 footnotes per comment   page are converted to Word.

Footnotes in   See       See        Ami Pro footnote reference tables         comment   comment    numbers and footnote text are converted, but the footnote property is lost. All text becomes normal text in a table. Word footnotes in a table become annotations (without annotation                                    initials) when converted to Ami Pro.

Annotations in N/S       No         Annotations in headers and headers/footers                     footers are lost.

Annotation     Yes       Yes initials

Fields
<pre class="fixed_text">               See      See          Field results are retained where comment  comment     possible.

Page number    Yes       Yes

Date and time  Yes       Yes        Ami Pro NOW field is not converted. Date and time formatting is not retained.

Other Areas
<pre class="fixed_text">Mail merge     Yes       Yes        Mail merge fields that are supported by both applications are converted. Merge data files are different between the two products and may need adjustments after conversion.

Drawing        No        N/S objects

Revision marks See       Yes        Word deletions are converted, comment             and additions are converted as                                     normal text. Ami Pro revisions are converted, but the color and author information is lost.

Bookmarks      Yes       Yes        Bookmarks that mark tables or                                     frames are lost when converting to Word. Although Word does support bookmarks for table rows, cells, and full tables, converted documents will not retain these bookmarks. Extended characters in bookmarks are not mapped correctly.

Master         No        N/S document

Currency       N/S       No         Ami Pro currency symbols are a symbols                              cell attribute. Word does not have a similar table feature. Equations      No        No         Equations are not converted.

Ami Pro charts N/S       No         Charts are not converted.

Tables of      See       See        Tables of contents and indexes contents and   comment   comment    are converted as plain text. indexes                             Index and table of contents entries are converted.

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