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Subject:Re: Word 6 filters for Frame 4 From:Howard Kaikow <kaikow -at- STANDARDS -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 31 Dec 1994 15:00:15 GMT
Beware of converting from Word 6 to Word 2 or Word 5.1 or ....
There are serious problems in such a conversion. For example, the
conversion is not lossless since Word 6 has capabilities that do not map
directly to previous versions and it really screws up bookmarks.
In addition, I and others have experienced GPF errors in converting from
Word 6 to Word 2 and then back again.
For going to Frame, I would try using Word 6 to create an RTF file and
hope that Frame can handle it.
In article <199412301443 -dot- AA231118614 -at- relay2 -dot- geis -dot- com>,
<gui -dot- gordon -at- genie -dot- geis -dot- com> wrote:
>I don't know of any filters, but Microsoft has a utility that will
>convert a Word 6 file to Word 5.1 for the Mac. From there you could
>use Frame's existing WordMac filter.
>The utility is available from Microsoft. It's on their BBS, and
>probably their FTP site too. I got my copy via snail mail after
>registering my copy of Word 6.
