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Subject:Re: Word versions and classes From:"Bergerson, Carl A" <Carl -dot- Bergerson -at- UNISYS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 24 Sep 1997 07:51:56 -0600
I'll tackle the Word versions part.
There are (sometimes) separate numbering schemes for Word and the Office
Suite containing Word. Also of note is the file format and whether the
code is 16 or 32-bit. The following table summarizes these items for
Word for Windows.
Note that the file format for Word 6 and 7 is identical. That is not
true for any other versions.
Also macros are not directly compatible form one version to the next,
although there is always some sort of migration facility with varying
degrees of usefulness.
Word Office File 16/32
1 ? 16
2 OLE? 16
6 4.x OLE 16
7 95 OLE 32
8 97 COM? 32
HTH
Carl Bergerson
Mission Viejo
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carl -dot- bergerson -at- unisys -dot- com
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>Can someone explain the versions of Word?
>
>I'm confused by all the numbers. What is/are the latest versions
>of Word, and how different are they? For example, is there a Word 7?
>Where does it fit between Word 6 and Word 97 (what I run in Office 97)?
>And what is Word 8? A client mentioned it yesterday, and I was lost.
>(Can you tell that I'm mostly a Frame user?)
>
>Also, can anyone in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area recommend a
>"Power Word" class for communications professionals? I know the
>basics, but I want to learn tips, tricks, gotchas, and skills for
>effectively and efficiently handling very large projects (200+ page
>manuals, large manual sets) with indexes, cross references, version
>control, master-pages/templates, on-line reviews, etc., etc., etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Anne
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