WD: How Character Formats Converted Between MacWord and WinWord |
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 5.1
- Microsoft Word for Windows, version 2.0c
SUMMARY
The following is a list of all character attributes and how they convert between Word version 2.0c for Windows and Word version 5.1 for the Macintosh. Results obtained with different versions of either Word product may differ.
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Y - Supported in conversion
N - Not supported in conversion
E - Emulated in appearance with loss of actual format, or emulated
with similar formatting feature
P - Partially retained, or only retained in one of the two possible
conversion avenues (opening from Word for Windows format in Word
for the Macintosh versus saving directly to Word for the
Macintosh format from within Word for Windows).
N/A - Not applicable: The source product does not have this feature.
Mac Win
Character to to
Formatting Win Mac Comments
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Bold Y Y
Italic Y Y
Strikethrough Y Y
Hidden Y Y
Small Caps Y Y
All Caps Y Y
Outline N N/A Feature unique to Word for the Macintosh
Shadow N N/A Feature unique to Word for the Macintosh
Color Y Y Both Word for Windows and Word for the
Macintosh support basic colors, including
black, blue, cyan, green, magenta, red,
yellow, and white. Word for Windows also
supports dark variations of each basic
color. When converting to Word for the
Macintosh, these dark variations all map
to black.
Underline:
Single Y Y
Double Y Y
Word Y Y
Dotted N N/A Feature unique to Word for the Macintosh
When a document containing dotted
underlines is converted to Word for
Windows, a light, dotted underline will
appear beneath the text to which the
format was originally applied. However,
the Underline button on the Word ribbon
does not appear active, and the Underline
field in the Format Character menu appears
blank. This screen display has no adverse
affect on printed output.
Highlighting the relevant text, and either
double-clicking the Underline button or
changing the Underline format to None in
the Format Character menu will cause the
dotted underline to disappear.
Spacing and
Position:
Condensed Y Y
Expanded Y Y
Subscript Y Y Both standard and custom baseline offsets
are preserved bidirectionally.
Superscript Y Y Same as above.
Size Y Y All common font sizes are retained when
converting between Word for the Macintosh
and Word for Windows.
In Word for Windows you can specify any
character (font) size between 4 points
(4/72 inch) and 227 points (3 inches). In
Word for the Macintosh, you can specify
any whole-numbered point size between 4
points (4/72 inch) and 16,383 points
(227 inches).
Word for Windows half point sizes (for
example, 11.5pt) are rounded down to the
closest whole number size (11pt in this
example) in Word for the Macintosh. Word
for the Macintosh sizes greater than
127pt are reduced to 127pt in Word for
Windows.
Additional query words: textconv
Keywords : kbinterop winword macword wordconvert
Issue type : kbinfo
Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch kbWordMSearch
Last Reviewed: November 4, 2000 |
