Microsoft KB Archive/26703

Outlines Do Not Transfer Between Macintosh and DOS PSS ID Number: Q26703 Article last modified on 08-08-1993 PSS database name: APpsConV

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Summary:

When a document is transferred between Microsoft Word for DOS and Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, outlines in the document cannot be used in the other platform of Word. (Outlines do transfer between Word for the Macintosh and Word for Windows.)

The character formatting of the styles associated with the outline will transfer. However, when you view the document in Outline mode, all text will be body text. To use the outlining feature on the target machine, the outline levels must be re-created manually.

This is a result of differences in the implementation of this feature in the two platforms of the Word program.

More Information:

More information on file transfers between the various platforms of Word (DOS, Macintosh, OS/2, and Windows) is provided in the application note titled “Word File Transfers.” To obtain this application note, call Microsoft Product Support Services at (206) 454-2030.

This application note can also be found in the Software/Data Library by searching on the word GC0162, the Q number of this article, or S13000. GC0162 was archived using the Compact Pro file-compression utility. You will need Extractor or a licensed copy of Compact Pro to unarchive this file.

Additional reference words: textconv

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.