Re: converting Word 6 docs to Word 7

[Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM>]

In our previous episode, Chris Knight said:
> 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'll try, but it's both straightforward and mysterious.  I opened a
document in Word 7 to print a new master copy, and the pagination was
all wrong -- different from the existing master (which had been
through the copier too many times and was all cruddy).

I was using the automatic hyphenation feature, which hyphenates
according to specified rules -- how far from the margin you can get,
how many hyphens in a row are allowed.  Checking the first page, I
found that in at least three places, the hyphenation was different
when I opened the document in Word 7 than when I opened it in Word 6.
One change in hyphenation can alter the length of a paragraph;
numerous changes alter the pagination of the entire document.  If I
hadn't had Word 6 available on the network I would have called
Microsoft and raised a huge fuss; as it is, I'm still grumping.

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Beth Friedman                                       bjf -at- wavefront -dot- com
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