Article ID: 157084
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q157084
SUMMARY
This article lists which text converters are installed during a typical setup of Word 97 or Office 97, which converters are not installed, and which converters are native (built-in) to Word 97.
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Text Converters Installed During a Typical Setup
The following text converters are installed during a typical setup:
- Microsoft Excel 2.x-95 and Microsoft Excel 97 (import)
- Microsoft Word 6.0/95 for Windows/Macintosh (import)
- Microsoft Word 6.0/95 for Windows/Macintosh (export)
- Word 97 for Windows/Macintosh (import)
- WordPerfect 6.x for MS-DOS and Windows (import)
- WordPerfect 5.x for MS-DOS and Windows (import and export)
- File Recovery (import)
- Text with Layout (import/export)
Text Converters Not Installed During Typical Setup
The following converters are not installed during a typical setup. To install these converters, rerun the setup program, click Add/Remove, and then select the converters you want.
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) (import/export) - Windows & Macintosh
- Lotus 1-2-3, versions 2.x, 3.x, 4.0 (import) - Windows
- Microsoft Word 4.0-5.1 for the Macintosh (export) - Windows
- Microsoft Word 2.0 for Windows (export) - Windows & Macintosh
- Microsoft Works 3.0 for Windows (import/export) - Windows
- Microsoft Works 4.0 for Windows (import/export) - Windows
- Converters for use with Lotus Notes (allows you to read Microsoft Word and Excel files in Lotus Notes 3.x and 4.x) - Windows
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.x/Borland dBase III, III+, and IV - Macintosh
Native (Built-in) Text Converters
Word 97 can directly import the following text formats:
- MS-DOS Text
- MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Text Only
- Text with Line Breaks
- Unicode Text
- Word 4.x-5.1 for the Macintosh
- Word 1.0 for Windows
- Word 2.0 for Windows
- Word 6.0-95 for Windows
For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
212265 WD: Additional Text Converters and Image Filters Available in Microsoft Office Converter Pack
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