Article ID: 179607
Article Last Modified on 10/4/2002
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- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
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SUMMARY
Microsoft Word 98 supports conversion to and from a number of non-Word file formats. Word interprets some non-Word formats using built-in converters, and other formats through the use of external converter files.
MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Word 98 can import the following text formats without a converter:
- MS-DOS Text
- MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- Text Only (TXT)
- Text with Line Breaks
- Unicode Text - (new to Macintosh)
- Word 1.x - 5.1 for the Macintosh
- Word 1.x - 6.0 for Windows
- Word 95 for Windows
Converters Included in Easy Install
The Easy installation of Microsoft Word 98 includes text converters for plain-text file formats and documents created by the following programs:
Format File Requires Value Comments the Pack Microsoft Conversion Library -------------------------------------------------------------------------- File Recovery Recover Text Yes No Attempts to recover Converter text from corrupted Microsoft Word documents. Hypertext Markup HTML Converter Yes No Supports all HTML Language (HTML) level 2.0 extensions and some HTML Level 3.0 extensions supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Used for Export and Import. Excel 2.x-95, 98 Microsoft Excel Yes No Supports only 2.x-8.0 importing. Word 6.0-95 Word 6.0/95 Yes No Used by PowerPoint. Import Word only uses this converter to read J Word files. Word 6.0-95 Word 6.0/95 No No Required only for Export export. Word 97-98 Word 97-98 Yes No Required for Word 97 Import for Windows, Word 98 Macintosh Edition files by PowerPoint 98. NOTE: This is not the same converter supplied with the value pack. It is only used by PowerPoint. Microsoft Word Word 4.x-5.x Yes No Required only for for the Macintosh 4.0-5.1 export by Word. PowerPoint uses it for importing.
Additional Microsoft Word 98 Converters
The following text converters are also included with Microsoft Word 98 but you must install them through the Value Pack.
Format File Comments -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft FoxPro FoxPro-dBase Supports only importing 2.x, Borland dBase III, III+, IV Microsoft Word 2.0 Word 2.x for Required only for export by Word. for Windows Windows PowerPoint uses this for import. Microsoft Word 1.0 Word 1.x for Required only for export by Word. for Windows Windows PowerPoint uses this for import. Microsoft Word 3.0 Microsoft Word 3.x Required only for export by Word. for the Macintosh for the Macintosh PowerPoint uses this for import. Word 3.x-6.0 Word 3.x-6.0 for Required only for export by Word. for MS-DOS MS-DOS PowerPoint uses this for import. WordPerfect 5.x WordPerfect 5.x Used by Word and PowerPoint for for Windows import. Word also uses this for and DOS export. Includes the file WordPerfect Graphics which must reside in the Text Converters folder. Works 2.x-3.x Words 2.x-3.x for Used by Word and PowerPoint for for the Macintosh import. Word also uses this for Macintosh export. Microsoft Works Works 4.0 for the Required for import. Also 4.x for the Macintosh (Mac) requires the Microsoft Conversion Macintosh Library. Text with Layout Text with Layout Preserves page layout but not text formatting.
NOTE: The Value Pack also includes the file "Word 97-98 Converter Installer." This enables Word 5.x and 6.x to open Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 for Macintosh files. The file installs the converter "Word 97-98 Import" and three filters: 68K JPEG Import, 68K Metafile Import, 68K PNG Import.
Unsupported Converters
Microsoft Word 98 does not support converters for exporting to WordPerfect versions 6, 7, or 8.0.
Word 98 does not support converters for importing WordPerfect 2.x or 3.x. You should contact DataViz for the availability of a converter.
For information about how to contact DataViz, click the appropriate article number in the following list to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K
60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P
60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z
Location of Converters
Text converters are installed in the following default location:
Microsoft Office 98:Shared Applications:Text Converters
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