WordStar Converter Limitations in Word 7.0 for Windows
ID: Q156671
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
SUMMARY
This article provides information about limitations when you covert between
Word 7.0 for Windows and WordStar versions 3.3, 3.45, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0,
and 7.0.
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 7.0 WordStar
to to
Feature WordStar Word 7.0 Comments
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Character Formatting: This is changed to
plain text format in
WordStar if the feature
is not available.
Font Yes Yes When saving as WordStar
4.0, the WordStar
converter maps all fonts
to Courier or Courier
New.
Font size Yes Yes
Font color No Yes
Bold Yes Yes
Italic Yes Yes
Underline Yes Yes
Strike-through Yes Yes
Hidden No No
Superscript Yes Yes
Subscript Yes Yes
Small caps No No
Double-strike format N/S No
Space Underline N/S No
Font type styles N/S No
Paragraph Formatting:
Tabs - left, right, See comment Yes When converting to
and center WordStar, vertical tab
alignment is not
converted.
Tab leaders See comment See comment Tab leaders are not
and decimal tabs converted. Decimal tabs
become left tabs.
Alignment - left, Yes Yes
right, and center
Indents - left and Yes Yes
right
Indents - hanging No Yes
and first
Spacing - single, Yes Yes
double and 1.5
Spacing - custom No Yes
Space before and See comment N/S When converting to
after WordStar, space before
and after is simulated
with blank lines.
Bullets and numbering See comment See comment Numbered lists are
converted to static
numbers. Bulleted lists
are converted to ASCII
characters, such as a
period "." or a pipe
symbol "|".
Paragraph numbering See comment See comment Automatic numbering
from Word is converted
to static text in
WordStar. Paragraph
Outline Numbering from
WordStar is also
converted to static
text in Word.
Widow/orphan control No No
and keep lines
together
Keep with next and No N/S
keep together
Document Formatting:
Footnotes No No
Endnotes No No
Bookmarks No No
Section Formatting:
Columns No No
Margins Yes Yes
Gutter margins No No
Paper Size Yes Yes
Orientation See Comment Yes When converting to
WordStar for Windows,
landscape and portrait
orientation will be
preserved. When
converting to WordStar
for MS-DOS, landscape
orientation will be
converted to portrait.
Headers/Footers See comment See Comment More than five lines
general of header/footer text
are not converted to
WordStar. Basic
character formatting
is retained.
First page special No N/S
header/footer
Even/odd headers/ No No
footers
Header and Footer No See Comment Headers and footers are
placement placed at the .5
default in Word.
Date and time
entries in footers No Yes
WordStar default N/S No
page number in a
footer
Page Numbers See Comment See Comment Non-numeric page
numbers and page
position are not
converted.
Other Features:
Tables See comment N/S Tables are converted to
tab-delimited text in
WordStar.
Tables Borders See comment N/S Tables are converted to
tab-delimited text in
WordStar.
Styles See Comment See Comment Styles are converted
only for WordStar
version 5.5 and later.
When converting from
WordStar to Word,
styles are converted to
direct formatting.
Table of contents No See Comment To retain the
appearance of a
WordStar table of
contents, convert the
.TOC file separately,
then insert it into the
converted WordStar
document that is
associated with it.
Index No See Comment To retain the
appearance of a
WordStar index,
convert the .idx file
separately, then insert
it into the converted
WordStar document that
is associated with it.
Tables of captions, No No
tables of figures,
tables of
authorities
Drawings, equations, No No
and charts
Outline No No
Fields No No
Frames No No
Revision markings No No
Print Merge No No
Dark and Light No Yes
colors
Printer control N/S No
codes
Summary information No No
Place markers N/S No
Comments and No No
Annotations
Overprinting N/S No
Column Breaks No No
MORE INFORMATION
For information on what file converters are available in Word, click
Answer Wizard on the Help menu, then type File Converters. Under "Tell Me About," double-click "File Format
Converters Supplied with Microsoft Word."
Additional query words:
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Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:7.0,7.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
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