WD: How Characters Map from MacWord 5.1 to WinWord |
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1
- Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0b, 2.0c
SUMMARY
This article summarizes how Word translates the Macintosh character set to the ANSI equivalents when converting documents from Word for the Macintosh to Word for Windows.
MORE INFORMATION
This article summarizes each possible direct conversion method. These methods include the following:
- Saving as Word for the Macintosh format from within Word for the Macintosh, and then opening the document in Word for Windows
- Saving as Word for Windows 2.0 format from within Word for the Macintosh, and then opening the document in Word for Windows
- Saving as Interchange Format (RTF) from within Word for the Macintosh, and then opening the document in Word for Windows
Where possible, Word converts characters to the equivalent characters. However, Macintosh characters have no equivalent in the ANSI character set, or are otherwise not correctly mapped. See the "Key" section later in this article (following the "Mapping Table" section) for more information on these characters.
The ANSI and Macintosh character sets both include the ASCII character set as their lower 128 values. All ASCII characters share the same appearance and numeric location in each set and are converted accurately. Therefore, the following table focuses on how the upper range of extended characters are mapped, beginning with character 128. Values in the last three columns represent the ordinal values of equivalent characters in the Macintosh character set.
Mapping Table
Macintosh Character Saved to Opened from Opened character name Word for Word for from decimal Windows Macintosh RTF code format format format ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 128 A umlaut capital 196 196 196 129 A ring above capital 197 197 197 130 C cedilla capital 199 199 199 131 E acute capital 201 201 201 132 N tilde capital 209 209 209 133 O umlaut capital 214 214 214 134 U umlaut capital 220 220 220 135 a acute small 225 225 225 136 a grave small 224 224 224 137 a circumflex small 226 226 226 138 a umlaut small 228 228 228 139 a tilde small 227 227 227 140 a ring above small 229 229 229 141 c cedilla small 231 231 231 142 e acute small 233 233 233 143 e grave small 232 232 232 144 e circumflex small 234 234 234 145 e umlaut small 233 p235 233 p235 235 146 i acute small 237 237 237 147 i grave small 236 236 236 148 i circumflex small 238 238 238 149 i umlaut small 239 239 239 150 n tilde small 241 241 241 151 o acute small 243 243 243 152 o grave small 242 242 242 153 o circumflex small 244 244 244 154 o umlaut small 246 246 246 155 o tilde small 245 245 245 156 u acute small 250 250 250 157 u grave small 249 249 249 158 u circumflex small 251 251 251 159 u umlaut small 252 252 252 160 Dagger 134 95 p134 134 161 Degree symbol 176 176 176 162 Cent sign 162 162 162 163 Pound sign 163 163 163 164 U.S. section symbol 167 167 167 165 Solid, large bullet 149 111 p149 149 166 U.S. paragraph symbol 182 182 182 167 Sharp S/beta capital 223 223 223 168 Registered trademark 174 174 174 169 Copyright symbol 169 169 169 170 Trademark symbol 153 95 p153 153 171 Acute accent 180 180 180 172 Umlaut accent 168 168 168 173 Not equal to 95 n 95 n 95 n 174 AE ligature capital 198 198 198 175 O slash capital 216 216 216 176 Infinity symbol 95 n 95 n 95 n 177 Plus or minus sign 177 177 177 178 Less than or equal to 95 s163 95 s163 178 n 179 Greater than or equal to 95 s179 95 s179 179 n 180 Yen sign 165 165 165 181 Mu/micro symbol 181 181 181 182 Unknown name 95 s182 95 s182 95 n 183 Sigma capital 95 s83 95 s83 95 n 184 Pi capital 95 s80 95 s80 95 n 185 Pi small 95 s112 95 s112 185 p 186 Integral symbol 95 s242 95 s242 95 n 187 a underline small 170 170 170 188 Zero underline small 186 186 186 189 Omega capital 95 s87 95 s87 189 n 190 ae ligature small 230 198 p230 230 191 o slash small 248 248 248 192 Question mark inverted 191 191 191 193 Exclamation point inv. 161 161 161 194 Logical not/ optional hyphen 172 172 172 195 Check mark 95 s214 95 s214 195 n 196 Florin/Guilder Sign 131 131 131 197 "Approximately" 95 s187 95 s187 197 n 198 Delta capital 95 s68 95 s68 198 n 199 Left chevron 171 171 * 171 200 Right chevron 187 187 * 187 201 Ellipsis 133 95 p133 133 202 Required space 160 160 160 203 A grave capital 192 192 192 204 A tilde capital 195 195 195 205 O tilde capital 213 213 213 206 OE ligature capital 140 206 p140 140 207 oe ligature small 156 207 p156 156 208 En dash 173 173 173 209 Em dash 175 175 175 210 Left smart quotes 147 147 147 211 Right smart quotes 148 148 148 212 Left smart quote 145 145 145 213 Right smart quote 146 146 146 214 Divide sign 247 247 247 215 Hollow diamond 95 s224 95 s224 215 n 216 Umlaut small 255 255 255 217 Umlaut capital 159 95 p159 159 218 Slash 47 47 47 219 Intl. currency symbol 164 164 164 220 Less than 139 139 139 221 Greater than 155 155 155 222 fi ligature small 95 n 95 n 222 n 223 fl ligature small 95 n 95 n 95 n 224 Double dagger 135 95 p135 135 225 Solid, small bullet 183 183 183 226 Right smart quote subscript 130 95 p130 130 227 Right smart quotes subscript 132 95 p132 139 228 Per mille symbol 137 95 p137 137 229 A circumflex capital 194 194 194 230 E circumflex capital 202 202 202 231 A acute capital 193 193 193 232 E umlaut capital 203 203 203 233 E grave capital 200 200 200 234 I acute capital 205 205 205 235 I circumflex capital 206 206 206 236 I umlaut capital 207 207 207 237 I grave capital 204 204 204 238 O acute capital 211 211 211 239 O circumflex capital 212 212 212 240 Apple corporate logo 95 n 95 n 240 n 241 O grave capital 210 210 210 242 U acute capital 218 218 218 243 U circumflex capital 219 219 219 244 U grave capital 217 217 217 245 One subscript 95 n 95 n 166 p 246 Circumflex symbol 136 95 p136 136 247 Tilde symbol 152 95 p152 152 248 Macron 175 175 173 p 249 Breve accent 95 n 95 n 249 n 250 Period (dot) accent 95 n 95 n 95 n 251 Circle (degree) 95 n 95 n 95 n 252 Cedilla accent 184 184 184 253 Right angle quotes 95 n 95 n 253 n 254 Reversed cedilla accent 95 n 95 n 254 n 255 Caron accent 160 p 95 n 255 n
Key
The following key outlines the codes in the mapping table above to identify those characters that do not retain their original appearance when converted.
- If an entry includes only a target number, it is converted correctly to its visual equivalent in the ANSI character set.
- If a target number is accompanied on the right by the letter "s," this character does not automatically map to its visual character equivalent. The "s" indicates that the character does have a visual equivalent in the Windows Symbol font character set, and the number to the right of the "s" represents the Symbol font value.
NOTE: Font-specific character mapping is not currently supported in the conversion from Word for the Macintosh to Word for Windows. If the appearance is not retained, and a Symbol font equivalent is available, you must manually replace the converted character with the Symbol font value following conversion. - If a target number is accompanied on the right by the letter "p," this character does have an ANSI equivalent but is not mapped correctly. The number immediately to the right of the "p" represents the correct mapping. Such problems have been reported to Word development teams for future resolution.
- If a target number is accompanied to the right by the letter "n," this character has no equivalent in ANSI or any other supplied font's character set. By design, Word maps all such characters to ANSI decimal value 95 (the underscore [_]).
If a target number is accompanied to the right by an asterisk (*), this character is either a left or right chevron and is affected by the ConvertMerge setting found in the [MacWordConv] section in your Wini.ini file:
If ConvertMerge=No, Macintosh left and right chevrons are converted to their ANSI character equivalents when opening from Word for the Macintosh format in Word for Windows.
If ConvertMerge=Yes, the converter interprets left and right chevrons as merge fields, and converts them to Reference ({REF}) fields in Word for Windows.
NOTE: The ConvertMerge option only affects documents when they are opened from Word for the Macintosh format in Word for Windows. See the "Conversion Options" section of Convinfo.doc for more information.
REFERENCES
"IBM DisplayWrite 5 Technical Reference," copyright International Business Machines Corporation, 1980, 1990
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," (Macintosh), version 5.0
"Microsoft Word User's Guide," (Windows), version 2.0
College Edition, "Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language,"
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Last Reviewed: November 4, 2000 |