WD: Ami Pro 3.x Converter Limitations

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows NT, version 6.0
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article contains the text of AMILIMIT.DOC, which is included with the Application Note "Ami Pro 3.0 Converter" (GC1064).

MORE INFORMATION

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   ARTICLE-ID: Q120976
   TITLE     : WD: GC1064: Ami Pro 3.0 Converters for Word 6.x and Word 7.0

CONVERTING BETWEEN MICROSOFT(R) WORD 6.0 FOR WINDOWS(R), MICROSOFT WORD 6.0 FOR WINDOWS NT(TM), OR MICROSOFT WORD 7.0 FOR WINDOWS 95 AND AMI PRO(R) 3.0

Document

Summary info    See       See        Keywords and comments are
                comment   comment    retained in both directions.
                                     Other summary information is
                                     lost.

Passwords       See       See        Ami Pro password-protected files
                comment   comment    cannot be opened in Word.

Default tab     No        N/S

Section

Line numbering  See       Yes        Word line numbering is converted
                comment              to Number All Lines. Word does
                                     not have a "Number all text
                                     lines" feature, so Ami Pro
                                     "Number all text lines"
                                     numbering is converted with all
                                     lines numbered.

Left/right      N/S       No         Ami Pro supports different
page margins                         margin settings for "right" and
                                     "left" page margins--that is, the
                                     right and left pages of facing
                                     pages can have different margin
                                     settings. These margin settings
                                     are converted to Word default
                                     settings.

Mirror margins  No        No

Vertical        No        No

Paper size      Yes       Yes

Orientation     Yes       No

Page numbers    No        No

Page text       N/S       No         In Ami Pro, the text "Page" is
                                     inserted as part of the page
                                     number field. Word doesn't have
                                     a similar field.

Section break   See       Yes        Ami Pro calls a section break
                comment              "Page Layout formatting." Ami
                                     Pro has no equivalent to Word's
                                     odd, even, or continuous section
                                     breaks.

Columns         See       See        Columns are converted to tables
-------         comment   comment    when there are multiple column
                                     settings on a single page
                                     separated by a section break.

Number of       See       Yes        The maximum number of columns in
[columns]       comment              Ami Pro is eight. If a Word
                                     document with more than eight
                                     columns per page is converted,
                                     each column will be on a
                                     separate page.

Width           No        Yes        Word columns are always
                                     converted as equal-width
                                     columns.

Line between    No        No

Space between   Yes       No

First page      Yes       Yes

Even page       Yes       Yes

Odd page        No        Yes

All pages       Yes       Yes

Distance from   See       See        Word and Ami Pro measure
the edge        comment   comment    header/footer distance from the
                                     edge of the page. The converter
                                     approximates the distances as
                                     closely as possible.

Floating        N/S       See        The first floating header and
headers/footers           comment    footer in each page layout are
                                     converted.

Paragraph

Alignment       Yes       Yes

Indentation     Yes       Yes

Space           See       Yes        Word before and after paragraph
before/after    comment              spacing are converted to hard
                                     line breaks in Ami Pro.

Line spacing    Yes       See        Ami Pro custom line spacing is
                          comment    converted to Word "Exact" line
                                     spacing. Other spacing is
                                     converted to "At Least."
Widow/orphan    No        No

Keep lines      No        No

Keep with next  No        No

Page break      No        No

Suppress line   No        N/S

Don't           No        No

Styles          No        No         Styles are converted as direct
                                     formatting.
Font
----

Underline       See       Yes        Word dotted underline is lost
                comment              when converted to Ami Pro.

Superscript     No        Yes

Subscript       No        Yes

Hidden          No        N/S        Word hidden text is converted to
                                     normal text in Ami Pro.

Lowercase       N/S       No         Lowercase is an Ami Pro font format.

Expanded/       No        No

Raised/lowered  See       N/S        Word raised/lowered is converted
                comment              to Ami Pro superscript/subscript.

Overstrike      N/S       No

Kerning         No        N/S

Color           See       See        Colors are mapped as close to
                comment   comment    the original colors as possible.

Language        No        No

Tabs
----

Leaders         Yes       No         Tab leader characters are not
                                     converted to Word.  Word bar
                                     tabs are lost when converted to
                                     Ami Pro.

Bullets         See       No         Word bullets are converted to
                comment              plain text.

Numbering       See       No         Word numbering is converted to
                comment              plain text.

Multilevel      See       N/S        Word multilevel numbering is
                comment              converted to plain text.

Heading         See       N/S        Word heading numbering is
numbering       comment              converted to plain text.

Page borders    N/S       No         Page borders are not converted
                                     from Ami Pro to Word.  Because
                                     Word does not support page
                                     borders, lines around a page in
                                     Ami Pro 3.0 are lost when
                                     converted to Word.

Box             No        N/S

Shadow          No        N/S

Lines (top,     No        Yes        Ami Pro top and bottom borders
bottom, left,                        are converted.  Custom border
right)                               length is lost, as Word doesn't
                                     support it.
Distance from   No        Yes
text

Line style      No        Yes        Line styles are mapped to the
----------                           closest style if the exact line
                                     style does not exist.

Shading         No        N/S

Color           No        Yes

Frames

Text wrap, No   N/S       No

Text wrap,      Yes       Yes
None

Size            Yes       Yes

Move with text  No        No

Lock anchor     No        No

Repeat (all     N/S       No         Ami Pro repeat frames are
pages, left,                         converted to regular Word
right)                               frames.

Transparent     N/S       No

Opaque          N/S       Yes

Line around,    No        No

Tables in       No        No         The tables are converted, but
frames                               all frame formatting is lost.

Drop caps       See       N/S        Positioning of drop caps will be
                comment              off when converted to Ami Pro,
                                     as Ami Pro doesn't support
                                     varying subscript.

Tables

Long tables     See       See        Ami Pro 3.0 tables in columns
                comment   comment    are placed at the end of the
                                     document.

Merged cells    No        See        Merged cell appearance is
                          comment    retained.

Row height                           Custom table row height is
                                     converted to default row height.
Row indent      No        No

Table           No        No         Center- and right-aligned tables
alignment                            are converted to left-aligned
                                     tables.
Heading row     No        No

Borders         No        Yes

Shading and     No        No

Number          N/S       See        Numbers in a table that are
formatting                comment    number formatted in Ami Pro (for
                                     example, numbers that contain a
                                     dollar sign or percent sign) are
                                     converted as nonformatted
                                     numbers in Word.

Page breaks     Yes       No         Page breaks inserted between
inserted                             table rows in Ami Pro are row
between table                        attributes and have no
rows                                 equivalent table feature in
                                     Word.

Pictures        No        No

OLE             No        Yes
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Object size,    No        Yes

Object data     See       Yes        Objects are updated when the
                comment              file is opened in Word.

Number start    Yes       Yes
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Custom mark     See       See        Custom footnotes are converted
                comment   comment    to numeric footnotes.

Endnotes        Yes       See        Endnotes are converted to
                          comment    footnotes at the bottom of the
                                     page.

Continuous/re-  No        No

Footnote        No        No         Word or Ami Pro's default
separators and                       separators are used.

Maximum number  N/A       See        No more than 30 footnotes per
                          comment    page are converted to Word.

Footnotes in    See       See        Ami Pro footnote reference
tables          comment   comment    numbers and footnote text are
                                     converted, but the footnote
                                     property is lost. All text
                                     becomes normal text in a table.
                                     Word footnotes in a table become
                                     annotations (without annotation
                                     initials) when converted to Ami
                                     Pro.

Annotations in  N/S       No         Annotations in headers and
headers/footers                      footers are lost.

Annotation      Yes       Yes

Fields          See       See        Field results are retained where
------          comment   comment    possible.

Page number     Yes       Yes

Date and time   Yes       Yes        Ami Pro's NOW field is not
                                     converted. Date and time
                                     formatting is not retained.

Other Areas

Mail merge      Yes       Yes        Mail merge fields that are
                                     supported by both applications
                                     are converted. Merge data files
                                     are different between the two
                                     products and may need
                                     adjustments after conversion.

Drawing         No        N/S

Revision marks  See       Yes        Word deletions are converted,
                comment              and additions are converted as
                                     normal text. Ami Pro revisions
                                     are converted, but the color and
                                     author information is lost.

Bookmarks       Yes       Yes        Bookmarks that mark tables or
                                     frames are lost when converting
                                     to Word. Although Word does
                                     support bookmarks for table
                                     rows, cells, and full tables,
                                     converted documents will not
                                     retain these bookmarks. Extended
                                     characters in bookmarks are not
                                     mapped correctly.

Master          No        N/S

Currency        N/S       No         Ami Pro currency symbols are a
symbols                              cell attribute. Word does not
                                     have a similar table feature.
Equations       No        No         Equations are not converted.

Ami Pro charts  N/S       No         Charts are not converted.

Tables of       See       See        Tables of contents and indexes
contents and    comment   comment    are converted as plain text.
indexes                              Index and table of contents
                                     entries are converted.

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120976
   TITLE     : Ami Pro 3.0 Converters for Word 6.x and Word 7.0

   ARTICLE-ID: Q157092
   TITLE     : WD97: Supplemental Text Converters Available for Word 97