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Title:Word for Windows
Notice:First-time readers: Please read note 1
Moderator:chayna.zko.dec.com::manana::eppes:eppes
Created:Mon Mar 08 1993
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:883
Total number of notes:4017

863.0. "WORD 8.0 from Office 97 and 7.0/6.0/95 problem" by UKV02::SHPANKO () Wed Feb 12 1997 14:54

Hello,

I've just installed Microsoft Office 97 and tried to save a simple file
created by Word 8.0 in Word 7.0/6.0 format.

It happens that the file cannot be read by Word 7.0 on Windows 95.
When I save it in Word 2.0 format it is read OK.

It is also read OK when I save it in native 8.0 format and read it on Windows
95/Word 7.0 with WRD97CNV installed.
Also this strange "95/6.0" format is not recognized even with 7.0 convertor
installed.

But the Word 95/6.0 simply doesn't seam to work. I've tried this very
carefully.

Does anybody have this problem? Has anybody tried to exchange files from 8.0
->7.0 through 7.0 format?

My best regards, Vladimir
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863.1did you install the version 7.0 compatability module?FIEVEL::FILGATEBruce Filgate SHR3-2/W4 237-6452Wed Feb 12 1997 15:215
 Two ways, there is a module on the CD that allows Word 7.0 to read 
 Word 8.0 files, there is another module on the CD that lets Word 8.0
 write Word 7.0 files.
863.2http://www.microsoft.com/word/SPECXN::WITHERSBob WithersWed Feb 12 1997 15:263
try http://www.microsoft.com/word/ for the word97 converter for older versions.

BobW
863.3It does .rtf for meUKV02::SHPANKOThu Feb 13 1997 05:3815
Thank you for your help,

I've looked in the file the Word 8.0 produces in 95/6.0 mode and have found
that it is in fact *.rtf, not *.DOC at all, though it has *.doc extension.
It also differs from normal *.rtf file produced, when I ask it for "rich text
format" output.

How could that be? Do I have a wrong distribution (I've ordered it though EBSC,
Galway). Or had it mixed the convertors during installation? Or is it "NORMAL"
way 8.0 to 7.0 compatibility is provided.

Will you please also direct me to the "module on the CD that lets Word 8.0
write Word 7.0 files". I have not found anything special so far.

My best regards, Vladimir
863.4WOOK::ogodhcp-124-96-123.ogo.dec.com::readBob Read @OGO, DTN 276-9715Thu Feb 13 1997 11:1215
The format that Word 97 uses when you ask it to output a Word 95 file format is
Rich Text.  The file extension is ".doc" but the internal file format is RTF.

To achieve interoperability, you have two options:

1.  You output Word 95 format files.  These are really RTF files.

2.  You send your readers the filter that allows them to open Word 97 files.

I lean towards (2) because it's a lot cleaner.  You don't have two versions of
the file running around, and once the user has the viewer, it's all transparent
to them.  I've spent too much time trying to maintain a master Word 97 version,
and then produce Word 95 copies to send to people.  (As a fallback, I've 
started puting the string "(97)" or "(95)" as a postfix to the file name.)
Just so that I can keep them apart.
863.5Page numbers?NIOSS1::SCARDIGNOSteve NIO-SBU 285-2829Thu Mar 27 1997 16:546
           I just started using Office97 and Word.  When editing my "old"
           V7.0 revs of .DOC files I see the total number of pages change
           to 1?  Then when I change to Normal page view and back to Page
           Layout view it's corrected.  ???
           
           Steve
863.6re - Workaround for page numberingNIOSS1::SCARDIGNOSteve NIO-SBU 285-2829Tue Apr 01 1997 17:017
           re: .5

           See http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q164/5/48.htm for
           workaround, basically, View Header/Footer, and whwn you see
           page numbers, hit F9 to update fields.
           
           Steve