MultiMate Converter Limitations in Word 6.0 for Windows
ID: Q107894
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0
SUMMARY
This article provides information about limitations when converting between
Word 6.0 for Windows and MultiMate versions 3.3, Advantage, Advantage II,
and 4.0.
Features that are converted completely are not listed. Only features that
are not converted, are not supported in one product or the other, or
require some comment are included. "Yes" means the feature exists in both
products and is converted from one product to the other. "No" means it
exists in both products but is not completely converted between the two.
"N/S" means the feature is not supported in one of the products or is not
converted completely between products.
Word 6.0 MultiMate
to to
Feature MultiMate Word 6.0 Comments
------- --------- --------- --------
Character Formatting:
Italic No No Italic is a separate
font in MultiMate.
Shadow No No
Small caps No N/S
Draft N/S No
Strikethrough Yes S/C MultiMate strikethrough
is converted to Word’s
default strikethrough
character.
Enhanced N/S No
Fonts See...........comment Pitch settings are
converted, but fonts are
not retained during
import or export. All
fonts are converted to
Courier or Courier New
during import.
Columns:
Break See...........comment Section column breaks
are not supported in
MultiMate. Section
breaks are inserted in
Word 6.0 for conversion
of MultiMate columns.
Snaking See...........comment Snaking columns are
converted, but require
repagination in
MultiMate before
printing.
Space between No S/C MultiMate intercolumn
gaps are not converted.
Document Formatting:
Gutter margins No N/S
Mirror Even/ No N/S
Odd Pages
Page Formatting:
Margins See...........comment Margins are offset by
the width of the non-
printable area of the
installed printer.
Paragraph Formatting:
Right and justified No No
alignment
Borders No N/S
Indents See comment N/S Negative indents are not
converted.
Keep lines together No No
Keep with next No No
Line spacing See comment Yes Fractional line spacing
is rounded off to the
next half-line
increment. MultiMate
zero, quarter, and half
line spacing are
converted to single line
spacing in Word.
Space before/after See comment N/S Line spacing before and
after paragraphs is
converted to empty
paragraphs of equivalent
increments.
Tabs (center, No N/S
right, and tab
leader)
Tabs (decimal) See...........comment Decimal tabs convert to
left tabs.
Center part of a N/S No
line
Section Formatting:
Section breaks See comment N/S Column, even, and odd
breaks are not
converted.
Headers/footers No No The first header/footer
encountered in a
MultiMate document is
converted. First, even,
and odd page
headers/footers are
converted to MultiMate.
MultiMate header and
footer positions from
edge become 0.5 inch in
Word.
Line numbering No N/S Section line numbering
is not converted.
Tables No N/S Tables are not supported
in MultiMate.
Other Features:
Annotations No N/S
Footnotes Yes S/C MultiMate stores
footnotes in a separate
document with a
different filename
extension. To view the
footnotes converted with
a MultiMate document,
make sure the footnote
file is renamed to the
same name as the
converted document and
ends with the .FNX
filename extension.
Footnote position No No
(end of page, end
of document)
Manual footnote No N/S
reference marks
Graphics No N/S
Outlining No N/S Outline structure is
lost when converting to
MultiMate.
AutoText/Library No S/C Convert the MultiMate
Library file separately,
then select each entry
in the converted file
and copy to a new
AutoText entry in Word.
Index No N/S
Tables of contents No S/C To convert a MultiMate
table of contents,
separately convert the
.TOC file, then insert
the converted .TOC file
into the converted main
document.
Print Merge No No Print merge fields are
commands (MultiMate not converted.
information
handling files)
Bookmarks No N/S
MORE INFORMATION
The information above is extracted from the SCNVINFO.DOC file supplied with
the Word 6.0 for Windows Supplemental File Conversions Disks.
For information on limitations and options when converting to and from file
formats for which converters are supplied with Word, double-click the Help
button on the Standard toolbar in Word, and then type readme. Press ENTER twice, click File Conversion, and view the
relevant Conversion Limitations topic.
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Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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