Word 97 .doc to .rtf conversion

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Mike - 12 Sep 2003 17:06 GMT

I am trying to convert a documment in Word 97 from
the .doc format to .rtf by changing the "save as type" to
Rich Text Format.

While the result appears fine, when the document is closed
and re opened, formatting changes have been made.
Specifically, border weights to my tables change or
completely disappear.

Can anyone help???

Thanks

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&:-jesse\) - 12 Sep 2003 19:29 GMT

Mike,

Although saving a Word document as RTF saves some of the
formatting, there can be a great deal of the more complex
formatting that will be lost. To preserve all formatting,
you must save your Word documents only as DOC or Word
files.

jesse

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Mike - 12 Sep 2003 19:40 GMT

Thanks Jesse

I just find it strange that some of the formatting is
saved while other portions change. It seems to me that it
would be consistent. Altough not a sophisticated user, I
don't consider border thickness as "complex" formatting.

Mike

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Christian Roth - 14 Sep 2003 23:13 GMT

&:-jesse) <jbartlett@sparton.com> wrote:

> Although saving a Word document as RTF saves some of the
> formatting, there can be a great deal of the more complex
> formatting that will be lost.

This is not true or, in other words, if this is the case, it is a bug or
misconfiguration of the RTF writer.

The RTF format can (and should) include all the formatting information
that is present in the .doc format (except for macros and password
protection). Having tested this myself with Word 2000 and Word XP
(unfortunately no Word 97 handy...), this seems also to be the case.

Have you checked the compatibility options for saving?

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