WD97: Description of Options for Conversion Wizard

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This articles describes the conversion options you can use when you run the Conversion Wizard.

For more information about how to convert several documents at once, click the Office Assistant, type "How do I do a batch conversion," click Search, and then click to view "Convert several documents at once."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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You can set the following conversion options when you run the Conversion Wizard.

Word 4.0-5.1 for Macintosh (Import)

ConvertMerge            Choose No to convert Word for the Macintosh
                        chevron (<<>>) characters as normal text. Choose
                        Yes to recognize sets of left and right chevrons
                        as merge field delimiters and to convert these to
                        Word for Windows print merge fields.
 

Word 4.0 for the Macintosh (Export)
Word 5.0 for the Macintosh (Export)
Word 5.1 for the Macintosh (Export)

FontDialog              Choose No to suppress display of a dialog box
                        prompting you to use a custom font-mapping file
                        when you save from Word for Windows to Word for
                        the Macintosh format. Choose Yes to allow the
                        dialog to be displayed during conversion.

RetainInclude           Choose No to retain only results of a Word for
                        Windows IncludeText field when you save in Word
                        for the Macintosh format. Choose Yes to convert
                        the Includetext field to an equivalent Word for
                        the Macintosh <<Include>> instruction.
 

WordPerfect 5.x

DisplayWPGDialog        Choose No to suppress a dialog box that shows the
                        progress of individual WPG graphics as they are
                        converted. Choose Yes to display the dialog during
                        conversion of files containing WPG graphics.

FavourAppearance        Choose Yes to allow small formatting changes
                        such as condensing fully justified text when
                        you import WordPerfect documents to mimic the
                        original appearance of the document. Choose No to
                        suppress the formatting changes.

FavourSequenceFields    Choose No to convert WordPerfect paragraph numbers
                        to plain text. Choose Yes to convert WordPerfect
                        paragraph numbers to sequence fields. 

WordPerfect 6.x

DisplayWPGDialog        Choose No to suppress a dialog box which shows the
                        progress of individual WPG graphics as they are
                        converted during document conversion. Choose Yes
                        to display the dialog box during conversion of
                        files containing WPG graphics. 

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)

ShowOptionsDialog       Choose Yes to display the options dialog box to
                        set image options before importing the graphic
                        file. Choose No to suppress the display of this
                        dialog box.

FontMap                 Specify the name of the file that defines font
                        mapping/substitution for the CGM filter. The
                        default is the Cgmimp32.cfg file. 

ResourceDirectory       Specifies the path to the directory containing
                        resource files for the CGM filter.

LogFile                 Specifies the path to a file to write a record of
                        translation, errors, and diagnostics for the CGM
                        filter.

GIF (Export) 

Portable Network Graphics (Export)

ShowProgressDialog      Choose Yes to display the progress meter during
                        graphic conversion. Choose No to suppress the
                        display of the progress meter. 

SetMetafileBackgroundTransparent

                        When converting a metafile to GIF format during
                        export to HTML, choose Yes to give the image a
                        transparent background; choose No to give the
                        image an opaque background. 

GIF (Import), JPEG (Export),
JPEG (Import),Macintosh PICT,
PC Paintbrush, Portable Network
Graphics (Import), Tagged Image
File Format, Targa, Windows Bitmaps

ShowProgressDialog      Choose Yes to display the progress meter during
                        graphic conversion. Choose No to suppress the
                        display of the progress meter. 

Kodak Photo CD

ShowOptionsDialog       Choose Yes to display the options dialog box to
                        set image options before importing the graphic
                        file. Choose No to suppress the display of this
                        dialog box.

ShowProgressDialog      Choose Yes to display the progress meter during
                        graphic conversion. Choose No to suppress the
                        display of the progress meter.

DefaultResolution       Choose the pixel dimensions of imported pictures.

ColorDepth              Choose the color depth of the imported picture. 

Portable Network Graphics (Import)

ShowProgressDialog      Choose Yes to display the progress meter during
                        graphic conversion. Choose No to suppress the
                        display of the progress meter. 

WordPerfect Graphics

RetainBackground        Choose 0 to remove the background from WPG images.
                        Choose 1 to retain background color. Removing the
                        background color often improves image clarity. 

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