This article (Part 2 of 2) provides information about what happens when you convert a Microsoft Word 2000 document to Word 6.x or Word 7.0 format.
NOTE: Word 95 and Word 6.x implement a 32-MB limit for document file size. If you are saving a large document with a lot of graphics from Word 2000 to the Word 6.0/95 format and receive a message, it is recommended that you break up the Word 2000 document into smaller files before saving it in the Word 6.0/95 (*.doc) format.
For Part 1 of this article, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
When you save a Word 2000 document as Word 6.0/95, Word warns you with the message "Some of the features in this document aren't supported by Microsoft Word 6.0/95" and shows you a summary of the features that are not supported and how they appear in Word 6.0/95. The following tables show the elements that Word changes or removes upon saving as Word 6.0/95.
NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, the features listed in the following tables also behave the same as listed if you do either of the following:
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This formatting in Word 2000 |
Looks like this in Word 6.0/95 |
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Drawings created with the Drawing toolbar |
Simple shapes are retained. Decorative line styles and other features not supported in Word 6.0/95 are changed to their nearest equivalent. |
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Objects and pictures with Allow Overlap turned off |
Objects and pictures are allowed to overlap. Some objects and pictures may be obscured in Word 6.0/95. |
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EMF, PNG, GIF, and JPEG graphics |
Graphics are saved in applicable format and
are converted to WMF (Windows Metafile) or PICT (Macintosh) format. To avoid having two copies of each graphic saved in the document, add the option ExportPictureWithMetafile=0 in the registry at the following location:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Options |
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Pictures with tight or through wrapping |
Pictures with tight or through text wrapping become square text wrapping in Word 6.0/95. |
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Pictures with text wrapping around them in tables |
Pictures with text wrapping around them in tables are moved to the paragraph above the table. |
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OLE objects with text wrapping |
OLE objects with text wrapping are converted to OLE objects in text boxes in front of or behind text in Word 6.0/95. |
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WordArt |
Converted to metafile in Word 6.0/95. Graphics are displayed but cannot be edited. |
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Objects middle or bottom aligned |
Objects middle or bottom aligned move up in Word 6.0/95. |
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Objects aligned horizontally right, center, inside, or outside |
Objects that are aligned horizontally right, center, inside, or outside shift slightly but are close to their position in Word 6.0/95. |
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Pictures and objects positioned relative to line |
Pictures and objects that are positioned relative to line are positioned relative to paragraph. Objects and pictures may shift in Word 6.0/95. |
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Pictures and objects positioned relative to character |
Pictures and objects that are positioned relative to character are positioned relative to column. Objects and pictures may shift in Word 6.0/95. |
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This formatting in Word 2000 |
Looks like this in Word 6.0/95 |
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Horizontal in Vertical |
Horizontal in Vertical becomes horizontal text in Word 6.0/95. |
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Two lines in one |
Two lines in one becomes one regular line in Word 6.0/95. |
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Text snaps to character grid |
Character grid is lost and text is not positioned on it in Word 6.0/95. |
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First and last line breaks control characters |
Line breaks do not respect these character settings in Word 6.0/95. |
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Emphasis dot |
Emphasis dot is removed, and text is underlined in Word 6.0/95. |
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East Asian and right-to-left characters are lost |
The English version of Word 6.0/95 does not support East Asian or right-to-left characters. |
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This formatting in Word 2000 |
Looks like this in Word 6.0/95 |
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Vertically merged table cells |
Merged table cells are split into separate cells in Word 6.0/95. |
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Vertically aligned text |
Vertically aligned text aligns at the top of the cell in Word 6.0/95. |
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Vertical text direction |
Vertical text direction becomes horizontal text direction in Word 6.0/95. |
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Diagonal cell borders |
No diagonal cell borders in Word 6.0/95. |
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Nested table with text |
Nested table is removed, and text is put in a paragraph in the outer table cell in Word 6.0/95. |
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Decorative table border styles |
Decorative table border styles become box border styles in Word 6.0/95. |
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Spacing between cells |
Lost in Word 6.0/95. |
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Cell margins |
Lost in Word 6.0/95. |
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Numbering in cells |
Numbers converted to regular text but retain their appearance. Automatic numbering does not work in Word 6.0/95. |
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Allow page breaks in a table is turned on |
Allow page breaks in a table is turned off in Word 6.0/95. |
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Pictures with text wrapping around them in tables |
Pictures with text wrapping around them are moved to the paragraph above the table in Word 6.0/95. |
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This formatting in Word 2000 |
Looks like this in Word 6.0/95 |
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Microsoft Visual Basic Projects |
Visual Basic Projects are lost in Word 6.0/95. |
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Unicode characters |
May result in potential data loss. Unicode characters (2 bytes per character) are mapped to corresponding ANSI (Windows) or Macintosh equivalents (1 byte per character), or converted to question marks (?). Foreign language characters are the most likely to be affected. |
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DOCPROPERTY field |
The DOCPROPERTY field is retained in Word 95. In Word 6.x, the field appears as "Error! Bookmark not defined." |
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Embedded fonts |
Embedded fonts are lost, and Word 95 or Word 6.x assigns the closest font available. |
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ActiveX controls on Forms |
Can be used but not modified in Word 6.0/95. |
For additional information about incorrectly documented features when saving as Word 6.0/95, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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