WD97: Text With Layout Not Listed in EditConversionOptions Macro
ID: Q172385
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
SYMPTOMS
The option settings for the Text with Layout converter are not available
when you use the EditConversionOptions macro in the Convert8.Wiz template.
WORKAROUND
You cannot use the EditConversionOptions macro to change how Word converts
a Text with Layout document.
To change how Word converts a Text with Layout document, you will need to
create a MSTXTCNV.INI (if one does not already exist) in WordPad with the
following information, and then save it as a TXT file with the name of
MSTXTCNV.INI in the Windows folder:
[TextLytConv]
CharMaps=a,a
Width=80
PointSize=24
If there is a MSTXTCNV.INI file, open it in WordPad, type or change the
information, and then save and close the file.
Once the MSTXTCNV.INI file exists in the Windows folder, the Text with
Layout converter will use it when a Text with Layout file is saved or
opened in Microsoft Word.
STATUS
MORE INFORMATION
The MSTXTCNV.INI text file is used to modify how Word converts documents by
changing the converter's filter options. For example, if you want to open a
Text with Layout file in a point size of 14, you would need to modify the
Text with Layout converter filter options for a point size of 14.
The following information defines each of the available settings within the
TextLytConv section of the MSTXTCNV.INI file:
- CharMaps=a,a
Enter a Word character followed by a comma and the character you want to
map this Word character to when saving as Text with Layout. Multiple
mappings are separated by a semicolon. For example, a, b, and c can be
mapped to A, B, and C by specifying "a,A;b,B;c,C" (without the quotation
marks. The neutral default setting of "a,a" is provided as a syntax
example.
- Width=80
Enter a value between 1 and 80 characters to specify the absolute
maximum number of characters that can appear on one line when saving as
Text with Layout. Specifying a lesser value allows full lines to be
displayed on screens which display fewer than 80 characters per line. If
the formatting in your Word document allows fewer characters per line,
document formatting takes precedence over this setting.
- PointSize=24
Enter a point size to control the number of characters that fit per
line. Specifying a value lower than 12 allows more characters to fit on
each line, and can be used to prevent premature line wrapping in a text
file.
This functionality is different as compared to Microsoft Word 6.x or 7.x.
The EditConversionOptions macro in these earlier versions enabled you to
change the Text with Layout converter's filter options from within
Microsoft Word.
For information about how to access the EditConversionOptions macro within
Convert8.wiz, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
Q162490 WD97: How to Access Sample Macros for Word 97
For more information about the Text with Layout format, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q69698 WD: How Text with Layout Converter Determines Line Length
Additional query words:
8.0 8.00
Keywords : kbconversion winword word97 kblayout
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
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