ID: q119889
The information in this article applies to:
Word for the Macintosh supports conversion from, and in many cases to, a variety of different file formats. Word recognizes some formats internally and others through external converters. This article contains a list of the external file converters for Word 4.0 through Word 6.0.1 for the Macintosh and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.
File name Date File size Notes
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HTML Converter 10-31-97 480
Microsoft Excel 2x-8.0 10-31-97 156 A PPC converter only
used by Word to read
Excel files
Recover text Converter 10-31-97 36
Word 4x-5x for the 10-31-97 192 PPT 98 uses this
Macintosh PPC converter to
read files, Word
98 uses it to save
files
Word 6.0/95 Export 10-31-97 1.1 MB
Word 6.0/95 Import 10-31-97 144 A PPC converter used
by PPT 98, but Word
98 also uses this to
read Far East Word 6
and Word 95 files
Word 97-98 Import* 10-31-97 276 A PPC converter used
by PPT 98 to read
Word 97-98 files
*You can find the Word 97-98 Converter Installer in the Office 98
CD-ROM in the Value Pack:Text Converters folder, or you can download it
from the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/macoffice/prodinfo/office/coexist.htm
File name Date File size Notes
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FoxPro - dBase 11-13-97 60
Text with Layout 11-13-97 204
Word 1.x for Windows 11-13-97 156
Word 2.x for Windows 11-13-97 168
Word 3.x for Macintosh 11-13-97 96
Word 3.x-6.0 for MS-DOS 11-13-97 180
WordPerfect 5.x 11-13-97 312
WordPerfect Graphics 11-13-97 48
Works 2.x-3.x for the 11-13-97 72
Macintosh
Works 4.0 for the 11-13-97 96 Import only
Macintosh
File name Date File size Notes
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Batch Converter 11-17-97 108
Word 97-98 Converter 11-13-97 636
Installer
For instructions on how to obtain the Supplemental Converters, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q179607
TITLE : WD98: Supported Non-Word File Formats
File name Date File size Notes
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FoxPro and other dBASE 08-05-94 52 Import only for MS-DOS
and Windows: FoxPro
2.0,
2.5, 2.6 for MS-DOS;
FoxPro 2.5, 2.6 for
Windows; Borland dBASE
III, III+, and IV
Macintosh WordPerfect 09-13-94 359 Import/Export
2.x - 3.0 Available on the
Supplemental
Converters disk
MacWrite II 09-20-94 340 Import/Export
Available on the
Supplemental
Converters disk
Microsoft Excel 3.0-5.0 08-05-94 142 Import only for
Windows
and Macintosh
RFT-DCA 08-05-94 150 Import/Export
Text with Layout 08-05-94 196 Import/Export
Windows Metafile 08-05-94 104
Word 1.x for Windows 07-14-94 149 Export only
Available on the
Supplemental
Converters disk
Word 3.x - 6.0 for 08-25-94 180 Import/Export
MS-DOS Available on the
Supplemental
Converters disk
Word 3.x for the 08-05-94 94 Import only
Macintosh
WordPerfect 5.x 08-05-94 306 Import/Export:
WordPerfect 5.0, 5.1
for DOS; WordPerfect
5.1, 2 for Windows;
WordPerfect 5.0, 5.1,
5.2 Secondary
Merge Files
WordPerfect Graphics 08-05-94 48
Works 2.x-3.x for the 08-25-94 71 Import/Export
Macintosh Available on the
Supplemental
Converters disk
Works 4.0 for the 08-05-94 152 Import only
Macintosh
File name Date File size Notes
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EPS-TIFF 08-23-94 28 Graphics Converter
Word 2.x for the Windows 08-23-94 164 Export only
Word 4.x-5.x for 08-23-94 152 Export only
Macintosh
Word 6.0 for Windows and 08-23-94 300 Use to import Word 6.0
the Macintosh files into Word 5.0
and 5.1 for the
Macintosh
ARTICLE-ID: Q119859
TITLE : MacWord 6 Supplemental Files Conversion Disk Available
The following converter files must be located in the Word Commands folder in order for Word to access them.
File name Date File size Notes
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EPS/TIFF/PICT 10-09-92 16 Graphics Converter
MacWrite II 10-09-92 104
RFT-DCA 10-09-92 88 Revisable Text Format.
Not installed by
default during
installation.
Text with Layout 10-09-92 88
Windows Metafile 10-09-92 56 Windows graphic format
Converter converter
Word 5.x for 10-09-92 80
MS-DOS
Word 1.x for Windows 10-09-92 80
Word 2.x for Windows 10-09-92 88
WordPerfect for MS-DOS 10-09-92 128
5.x
Works for the 10-09-92 40 Not installed by
Macintosh 2.x default during
installation
The converter files listed below must be located in the Word Commands folder in order for Word to access them.
File name Date File size Notes
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EPS/TIFF/PICT 12-01-91 16 Graphics Converter
MacWrite II 12-01-91 112
RFT-DCA 12-01-91 88 Revisable Text Format.
Not installed by default
during installation.
Text with Layout 12-01-91 96
Windows Metafile 12-01-91 48 Windows graphic format
converter
Word 5.x for MS-DOS 12-01-91 80
Word 1.x for Windows 12-01-91 80
Word 2.x for Windows 12-01-91 80
WordPerfect 5.x for MS-DOS 12-01-91 128
Works 2.x for the 12-01-91 48 Not installed by default
Macintosh during installation
External converters consist of files used by the Apple File Exchange utility to convert the following foreign formats into the Microsoft Rich Text Format, which you can open in Word 4.0. The converter files must be located in the folder that contains Apple File Exchange.
File name Date File size Notes
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WordPerfect 4.x/RTF 11-11-88 112 Apple File Exchange converter.
Converts WordPerfect 4.1 and
4.2
files into Rich Text Format
(RTF).
WordPerfect 5.0/RTF 03-22-91 173 Apple File Exchange converter.
Converts WordPerfect 5.0 files
into RTF.
WordPerfect 5.1/RTF 03-22-91 173 Apple File Exchange converter.
Converts WordPerfect 5.1 files
into RTF.
DCA-RFT/RTF 02-04-89 53 Apple File Exchange converter.
Converts DCA 1.5 format files
into RTF.
Keywords : kbinterop macword98 macword
Version : MACINTOSH:4.0 5.x,6.x,98
Platform : MACINTOSHLast Reviewed: November 7, 1998