WD98: Compatibility Preferences Offer Options for WordPerfect 6

• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you look at the compatibility choices under Recommended Options For (on the Tools menu, click Preferences, and then click the Compatibility tab), the following file formats are listed:

   WordPerfect 6.x for Windows
   WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Although you cannot open WordPerfect 6.x or WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS files in Word 98 Macintosh Edition, if you select either of these options on the Compatibility tab, Word will display the document formatting as if you were using WordPerfect 6.x or WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS. You may want to use this functionality if you are used to using WordPerfect 6.x or WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.

In general, the options on the Compatibility tab help you to customize Word to work with converted documents. Changing the options on the Compatibility tab affects only the display of a document while you're working with it in Word. It does not permanently change any formatting in the document. If you later convert the document back to its original file format, the formatting appears as it did before you converted it to Word.

For additional information about the options on the Compatibility tab, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q166016
   TITLE     : WD: Word Compatibility Options Described

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   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
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