Article ID: 235928
Article Last Modified on 8/14/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q235928
SUMMARY
When Microsoft Word 2000 opens or saves a document, it uses text converters to change the file format of the document.
To convert documents to and from different formats or to insert graphics, you must install the appropriate text converters or graphics filters included with the Microsoft Office 2000 Setup or the Microsoft Office Converter Pack.
Office 2000 Setup and the Microsoft Office Converter Pack install text converters and graphics filters in the following folders:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt
Note When you use Microsoft Word 2000, you can collaborate with others who use earlier versions of Word and different applications. However, earlier versions of Word and some other applications do not support all of the Word 2000 features.
MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about text converters and graphics filters that are installed during an "Install Now" Setup of Word 2000 and the text converters and graphics filters that are installed on first use, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
236051 WD2000: Text converters installed during an "Install Now" setup
212271 WD2000: Graphics filters installed in an "Install Now" setup
Text converters that are native to Microsoft Word
The following text file formats are native to Word 2000; that is, they are built in and do not require an additional file format converter to be installed:
- HTML
- MS-DOS Text
- MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Text Only
- Text with Line Breaks
- Unicode Text
- Word 97 for Windows, and Word 98 Macintosh Edition
- Word 6.0/95 for Windows and Word 6.0 for the Macintosh
(Asian versions require an additional file format converter)
- Word 4.x-5.1 for the Macintosh (import only)
- Word 2.0 and 1.0 for Windows (import only)
Graphics filters that are native to Microsoft Word
The following graphics formats are native (built in) to Microsoft Word 2000 and do not require a separate filter to be installed:
- Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
- Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
- Macintosh PICT
- Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
- Windows bitmap (BMP)
- Run-length encoded (RLE)
- Device-independent bitmap (DIB)
- Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF)
- Windows Metafile (WMF)
Text converters that are supplied with Word
The following table lists the text converters you can install by using the Microsoft Word 2000 (or Microsoft Office 2000) Setup and some additional information about each text converter.
Note Each of these text converters is installed to the following location:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv
Text converter | File name | Size | Comments |
Microsoft Excel Converter | Excel32.cnv | 136,192 |
Allows Word and PowerPoint to open Excel 2x-5.0, 95, 97, and 2000 files.
|
Lotus 1-2-3 Converter | Lotus32.cnv | 131,072 | Allows Office to open Lotus 1-2-3 file versions 2.x, 3.x, and 4.0. |
Word for Macintosh 4.0-5.1 Converter | Macwrd32.cnv | 180,736 | Converts documents to Word for Macintosh versions 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1. This converter is not necessary for opening Word for Macintosh files. |
Word 6.0/95 for Windows/Macintosh | Mswrd632.cnv | 135,680 213,504 |
Used by other Microsoft applications to open Word 6.0/95 files. |
Word 97 for Windows/Word 98 Macintosh | Mswrd832.cnv | 278,528 | Used by other Microsoft applications to open Word 97-2000 files. |
Microsoft Conversion Filter for Lotus Notes | Nims32.dll | 26,112 | Use to open Word 6.0, Word 95, Word 97, and Word 2000 in Lotus Notes 3.x and 4.x. |
Recover Text Converter | Recovr32.cnv | 57,344 | Recovers text from any file. |
Text with Layout Converter | Txtlyt32.cnv | 189,440 | Use this format to convert a document to a text file format while preserving the page layout. |
Word for Windows 2.0 Converter | Wnwrd232.cnv | 183,808 | Converts documents to Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0. This converter is not necessary for opening Word for Windows 2.0 files. |
Works for Windows 4.0 | Works432.cnv | 260,096 | Converts documents to and from Microsoft Works 4.0. |
WordPerfect 5.x Converter | Wpft532.cnv | 340,992 | Converts documents to and from WordPerfect 5.0 and 5.1 for DOS and WordPerfect 5.1 and 5.2 for Windows. |
WordPerfect 6.x Converter | Wpft632.cnv | 253,440 | Converts documents from WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS, and WordPerfect 6.0 and 6.1 for Windows. |
Word 97-2000 & 6.0/95 RTF Converter | Wrd6er32.cnv | 19,456 | Converter used by Microsoft Word 2000 to save documents to Word 97-2000 & 6.0/95 RTF format. This converter is not necessary for opening Word 6.0 for Windows files. |
Word 6.0/95 Export Converter | Wrd6ex32.cnv | 1,077,248 | Converter used by Microsoft Word 2000 to save documents to 6.0/95 format. This converter is not necessary for opening Word 6.0 for Windows files. |
Text Converters Supplied with the Microsoft Office Converter Pack
The following table lists the text converters you can install by using the Microsoft Office Converter Pack.
For additional information about how to install the converter pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
822346 The Office XP, Office 2000 and Office 97 Converter Packs are no longer available
Text converter | File name | Size | Comments |
Lotus Ami Pro | Ami332.cnv | 243,712 | Opens and saves documents in Lotus Ami Pro 3.x for Windows. |
Borland dBASE and Microsoft FoxPro Converter | Dbase32.cnv | 53,760 | Opens documents in Microsoft FoxPro and dBASE IV, III+, and II. |
Microsoft Word for DOS | Doswrd32.cnv | 214,016 | Opens and saves documents in Word 3.x-6.0 for Windows. |
Revisable-Form-Text Document Content Architecture (RFT-DCA) | Rftdca32.cnv | 150,528 | Opens and saves documents in RFT-DCA format. |
Microsoft Works 3.0 for Windows | Works332.cnv | 118,272 | Opens and saves documents in Works 3.0 for Windows format. |
WordPerfect 4.x for MS-DOS | Wpft432.cnv | 240,128 | Opens and saves documents in versions 4.2 and 4.1. Also allows you to install WordPerfect fonts. |
WordStar for MS-DOS and Windows | Wrdstr32.cnv | 274,432 | Opens documents in WordStar for DOS 3.3-7.0 and WordStar for Windows 1.0 and 2.0. Also saves in WordStar for DOS versions 4.0 and 7.0. |
Microsoft Windows Write | Write32.cnv | 63,488 | Opens and saves documents in Write 3.1 and 3.0 for Windows. |
Graphics filters that are supplied with Word
The following table lists each of the installable graphics filters and some additional information about each graphics filter.
Note Each of these graphics filters is installed to the following location:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt
Graphics filter | File name | Size | Comments |
Computer Graphics Metafile Import | Cgmimp32.flt | 409,600 | Allows programs to import Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGM). |
CorelDRAW Import | Cdrimp32.flt | 212,992 | Allows programs to import CorelDRAW (CDR) files. |
Encapsulated PostScript | Epsimp32.flt | 77,824 | Allows programs to import Encapsulated PostScript (EPS). |
Enhanced Metafile Import | Emfimp32.flt | 351,744 | Allows programs to import Enhanced Metafiles (EMF). |
FPX Import | Fpx32.flt | 1,544,192 | Allows programs to import FlashPix (FPX) files. |
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) | Gifimp32.flt | 274,432 | Allows programs to import and save GIF files, but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. |
JPEG Interchange Format | Jpegim32.dll | 278,528 | Allows programs to import and save JPEG files, but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. |
Kodak Photo CD Import | Pcdimp32.flt Pcdlib32.dll (in %System Root%\System32) |
122,880 212,480 |
Allows programs to import Kodak Photo CD (PCD) files. |
Macintosh PICT Import | Pictim32.flt | 131,072 | Allows programs to import Macintosh Graphics (PICT) files. |
PC Paintbrush PCX Import | Pcximp32.flt | 81,920 | Allows programs to import PC Paintbrush (PCX) files. |
PNG File format Import | Png32.flt | 270,336 | Allows programs to import and save Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files, but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. |
Tag Image File Format Import | Tiffim32.flt | 229,376 | Allows programs to import and save Tag Image File Format Import (TIFF) files. |
Windows Bitmap Import | Bmpimp32.flt | 86,016 | Allows programs to import Windows bitmap (BMP) files, but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. |
Windows Metafile Import | Wmfimp32.flt | 36,864 | Allows programs to import Windows Metafiles (WMF), but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. |
WordPerfect Graphics Filters | Wpgimp32.flt Wpgexp32.flt |
163,840 86,016 |
Used by a text converter to open and save WordPerfect graphics files. |
Note Although some of the graphics formats listed in the table are native to Word, you can customize Setup to install some graphics filters. Some graphics filters are not used by Word but by other Office applications (such as Microsoft Photo Editor). In addition, some of the Word 2000 text converters use the graphics filters.
REFERENCES
Additional information about Word 2000 can be found in the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit.
For more information about the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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