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Subject:Re: Word 97 to Word/Win 95 conversion problems From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- NEXTLEVEL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:12:43 -0800
On Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:33:12 -0500, Julie Zagorski wrote:
>Hello All;
>I'll try to make this short and to the point and if you think it could be
>better handled somewhere else please say so. That aside, here's the puzzle.
>
>The client has word for win 95. I'm using word 97 save as word 6.0/95. I'm
>forwarding the documentation to them through email as attachments. They open
>the docs and the layout is deteriorated.
The reason is simple: Saving as an older Word format in Word 97, does
not save in that native format, but as RTF (rich text).
Microsoft originally didn't include ANY backward compatibility in Word
97, presumably to "encourage" more people to "upgrade". The public
backlash caused them to recant... or at least appear to.
>the third time I've sent several document formats to the client. I've used RTF,
>MS-DOS Text with Layout, and Word 97.
Try some other non-native format, such as WordPerfect or something.
If all else fails, pick up a copy of Word 6 and redo your document from
scratch. Better yet, pick up a copy of WordPerfect 7 and redo the
document from scratch, then ship Office 97 back to Redmond with a note
telling Billy where he can put it ;-)
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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