OFF97: Sections Created by Unbind.exe not Readable on the Mac

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office Binder 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office Resource Kit 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, versions 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.1a, 4.2.1b

SYMPTOMS

If you unbind a Microsoft Office Binder 97 file using the Macintosh version of Unbind.exe included in the Office Resource Kit 97, you may be unable to open the individual sections in Microsoft Office programs for the Macintosh.

CAUSE

The file formats of the sections in the binder are not compatible with the Microsoft Office for the Macintosh programs.

RESOLUTION

To use the sections contained in an Office Binder 97 file on the Macintosh, do the following:

1. On a computer running either Windows 95 or Windows NT (version 3.51 or 4.0), unbind the binder using the Windows version of Unbind.exe included with the Office Resource Kit 97.

2. Open each section in its respective Office 97 program.

3. Save the sections in an earlier version file format; for example, save a Microsoft Excel section in the Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 file format and save a Word section in the Word 6.0/95 file format.

4. Copy these converted files to your Macintosh.

NOTE: The Microsoft Office 97 programs include features that are not available in earlier versions of the programs. When you save a file in an earlier version format, you may lose some of these features.

MORE INFORMATION

The Microsoft Office Resource Kit 97 contains two utilities for unbinding binder documents: Unbind.hqx for the Macintosh and Unbind.exe for Windows. These utilities are located in the following folders in the Office Resource Kit:

   \Tools\Unbind\Mac\Unbind.hqx

   \Tools\Unbind\Windows\Unbind.exe

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q141862
   TITLE     : How to Decode .hqx Files Downloaded from Online Services