WD: Ami Pro 3.x Converter LimitationsID: Q125299
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Q120976 WD: GC1064: Ami Pro 3.0 Converters for Word 6.x and Word
Word to Ami Pro
Ami Pro to Word
Features and
Properties Comments
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Summary info See See Keywords and comments are
comment comment retained in both directions.
Other summary information is
lost.
Passwords See See Ami Pro password-protected files
comment comment cannot be opened in Word.
Default tab No N/S
stops
Line numbering See Yes Word line numbering is converted
comment to Number All Lines. Word does
not have a "Number all text
lines" feature, so Ami Pro
"Number all text lines"
numbering is converted with all
lines numbered.
Left/right N/S No Ami Pro supports different
page margins margin settings for "right" and
"left" page margins--that is, the
right and left pages of facing
pages can have different margin
settings. These margin settings
are converted to Word default
settings.
Mirror margins No No
Vertical No No
alignment
Paper size Yes Yes
Orientation Yes No
Page numbers No No
Page text N/S No In Ami Pro, the text "Page" is
inserted as part of the page
number field. Word doesn't have
a similar field.
Section break See Yes Ami Pro calls a section break
comment "Page Layout formatting." Ami
Pro has no equivalent to Word's
odd, even, or continuous section
breaks.
See See Columns are converted to tables
comment comment when there are multiple column
settings on a single page
separated by a section break.
Number of See Yes The maximum number of columns in
[columns] comment Ami Pro is eight. If a Word
document with more than eight
columns per page is converted,
each column will be on a
separate page.
Width No Yes Word columns are always
converted as equal-width
columns.
Line between No No
Space between Yes No
First page Yes Yes
Even page Yes Yes
Odd page No Yes
All pages Yes Yes
Distance from See See Word and Ami Pro measure
the edge comment comment header/footer distance from the
edge of the page. The converter
approximates the distances as
closely as possible.
Floating N/S See The first floating header and
headers/footers comment footer in each page layout are
converted.
Alignment Yes Yes
Indentation Yes Yes
Space See Yes Word before and after paragraph
before/after comment spacing are converted to hard
line breaks in Ami Pro.
Line spacing Yes See Ami Pro custom line spacing is
comment converted to Word "Exact" line
spacing. Other spacing is
converted to "At Least."
Widow/orphan No No
control
Keep lines No No
together
Keep with next No No
Page break No No
before
Suppress line No N/S
numbers
Don't No No
hyphenate
Styles No No Styles are converted as direct
formatting.
Underline See Yes Word dotted underline is lost
comment when converted to Ami Pro.
Superscript No Yes
Subscript No Yes
Hidden No N/S Word hidden text is converted to
normal text in Ami Pro.
Lowercase N/S No Lowercase is an Ami Pro font format.
Expanded/ No No
condensed
Raised/lowered See N/S Word raised/lowered is converted
comment to Ami Pro superscript/subscript.
Overstrike N/S No
Kerning No N/S
Color See See Colors are mapped as close to
comment comment the original colors as possible.
Language No No
Leaders Yes No Tab leader characters are not
converted to Word. Word bar
tabs are lost when converted to
Ami Pro.
Bullets See No Word bullets are converted to
comment plain text.
Numbering See No Word numbering is converted to
comment plain text.
Multilevel See N/S Word multilevel numbering is
comment converted to plain text.
Heading See N/S Word heading numbering is
numbering comment converted to plain text.
Page borders N/S No Page borders are not converted
from Ami Pro to Word. Because
Word does not support page
borders, lines around a page in
Ami Pro 3.0 are lost when
converted to Word.
Box No N/S
Shadow No N/S
Lines (top, No Yes Ami Pro top and bottom borders
bottom, left, are converted. Custom border
right) length is lost, as Word doesn't
support it.
Distance from No Yes
text
No Yes Line styles are mapped to the
closest style if the exact line
style does not exist.
Shading No N/S
Color No Yes
Text wrap, No N/S No
wrap around
Text wrap, Yes Yes
None
Size Yes Yes
Move with text No No
(flow with
text)
Lock anchor No No
Repeat (all N/S No Ami Pro repeat frames are
pages, left, converted to regular Word
right) frames.
Transparent N/S No
Opaque N/S Yes
Line around, No No
shadow
Tables in No No The tables are converted, but
frames all frame formatting is lost.
Drop caps See N/S Positioning of drop caps will be
comment off when converted to Ami Pro,
as Ami Pro doesn't support
varying subscript.
Long tables See See Ami Pro 3.0 tables in columns
comment comment are placed at the end of the
document.
Merged cells No See Merged cell appearance is
comment retained.
Row height Custom table row height is
converted to default row height.
Row indent No No
Table No No Center- and right-aligned tables
alignment are converted to left-aligned
tables.
Heading row No No
Borders No Yes
Shading and No No
background
pattern
Number N/S See Numbers in a table that are
formatting comment number formatted in Ami Pro (for
example, numbers that contain a
dollar sign or percent sign) are
converted as nonformatted
numbers in Word.
Page breaks Yes No Page breaks inserted between
inserted table rows in Ami Pro are row
between table attributes and have no
rows equivalent table feature in
Word.
No No
No Yes
Object size, No Yes
position,
cropping, and
scaling
Object data See Yes Objects are updated when the
comment file is opened in Word.
Number start Yes Yes
at
Custom mark See See Custom footnotes are converted
comment comment to numeric footnotes.
Endnotes Yes See Endnotes are converted to
comment footnotes at the bottom of the
page.
Continuous/re- No No
start each
section or
page
Footnote No No Word or Ami Pro default
separators and separators are used.
continuations
Maximum number N/A See No more than 30 footnotes per
comment page are converted to Word.
Footnotes in See See Ami Pro footnote reference
tables comment comment numbers and footnote text are
converted, but the footnote
property is lost. All text
becomes normal text in a table.
Word footnotes in a table become
annotations (without annotation
initials) when converted to Ami
Pro.
Annotations in N/S No Annotations in headers and
headers/footers footers are lost.
Annotation Yes Yes
initials
See See Field results are retained where
comment comment possible.
Page number Yes Yes
Date and time Yes Yes Ami Pro NOW field is not
converted. Date and time
formatting is not retained.
Mail merge Yes Yes Mail merge fields that are
supported by both applications
are converted. Merge data files
are different between the two
products and may need
adjustments after conversion.
Drawing No N/S
objects
Revision marks See Yes Word deletions are converted,
comment and additions are converted as
normal text. Ami Pro revisions
are converted, but the color and
author information is lost.
Bookmarks Yes Yes Bookmarks that mark tables or
frames are lost when converting
to Word. Although Word does
support bookmarks for table
rows, cells, and full tables,
converted documents will not
retain these bookmarks. Extended
characters in bookmarks are not
mapped correctly.
Master No N/S
document
Currency N/S No Ami Pro currency symbols are a
symbols cell attribute. Word does not
have a similar table feature.
Equations No No Equations are not converted.
Ami Pro charts N/S No Charts are not converted.
Tables of See See Tables of contents and indexes
contents and comment comment are converted as plain text.
indexes Index and table of contents
entries are converted. For additional information about how to obtain an Ami Pro 3.x import/export converter, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q120976 Ami Pro 3.0 Converters for Word 6.x and Word 7.0
Q157092 WD97: Supplemental Text Converters Available for Word 97
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Version : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97; winnt:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbinfo Last Reviewed: April 23, 1999