Re: converting Word 6 docs to Word 7

[Chris Knight <knight -at- ADA -dot- COM>]

Iain Harrison wrote:
>
> Chris Knight wrote:
>
> > Bottom line: Word 6 files are completely compatible with Word 7.
>
> Wouldn't it be nice it that were true!
>
> I've had ToCs that wouldn't work after switching from 6 to 7.
>
> Word 7 interprets shadow text as bold, whereas 6 left it 'normal'.
>
> The way Word 7 handles linked graphics on network drives is
> inexplicably different, too.

I should have known; it was too good to be true!
Ian, in what way does the ToC not work?
What do you mean by "shadow text"? text with Format/Shading applied?
How is it different?
How are linked graphics on network drives handled differently?

Beth Friedman wrote:

> And hyphenation is handled differently in Word 7 than Word 6, which
> means that a document's pagination can change completely from Word 6
> to Word 7, even if the document hasn't been edited and the same
> printer/printer driver is used.

Can you be more specific, Beth?

I guess it's time to confess that I have been gathering instances of
Word gotchas from the list for a while now, because come the new year
I will be teaching a course on "Advanced MS-Word for Technical Writers"
in the Simon Fraser University Technical Writing program (Vancouver BC).
Humbly I look ahead and shudder.

Be assured that list members will be able to access the results of this
work eventually, somehow.

--
Chris Knight
Consultant, Technical Communication Architect
Vancouver BC, Canada
(currently at Applied Digital Access,
e-mail: knight -at- bcg -dot- ada -dot- com)
Opinions expressed are my own, not ADA's


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