Known Issues in Pocket Word on a Handheld PC

ID: Q188782

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Pocket Word, version 2.0
• Microsoft Windows CE version 2.0 for the Handheld PC
• Microsoft Windows CE Services versions 2.0, 2.1

SUMMARY

This article lists some of the known issues in Microsoft Pocket Word.

MORE INFORMATION

You may experience any of the following issues when you use Pocket Word:

• You cannot open Pocket Word 2.0 files that contain Pocket Word 1.0 graphics.
• Pocket Word does not recognize Microsoft Word clip art.
• When you convert a Pocket Word (.pwd) file to a Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) file, numbered or bulleted lists may not be converted properly.
• When you use a numbered list in Pocket Word, 255 is the largest number you can use.
• You may need to convert your Word documents to Rich Text Format (.rtf) before you convert them to Pocket Word (.pwd) format.
• Pocket Word recognizes only TrueType (.ttf) fonts.
• You may be unable to convert fonts used in Microsoft Word 95 documents to similar fonts in Pocket Word documents.
• Microsoft does not recommend using extended characters in passwords in Pocket Word documents.
• Word documents lose password protection when you convert them to Pocket Word documents.
• Pocket Word documents lose password protection when you convert them to Word documents.
• Microsoft does not recommend pasting a password into a Pocket Word document.
• Some Word formatting features, such as Float Over Text, do not work in Pocket Word.
• When you convert Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files on the desktop computer to Pocket Word (.pwd) files, the Pocket Word files may not be displayed properly.
• Some of the file conversion filters that Windows CE uses are included in Microsoft Office setup. You may receive error messages if these filters are not installed.

Keywords          : wince handheld pocketword kbimu 
Version           : WINDOWS:2.0,2.1
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: July 19, 1998