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
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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 |
