WD2x: File Length May Increase in Converted Word 2.0 Document

ID: Q139702

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c

SYMPTOMS

When you convert a Microsoft Word for Windows version 2.x document in Word version 6.x or later, the document may be several lines or pages longer than it was in Word 2.x.

CAUSE

Word inserted extra space between the lines to allow for superscripted or subscripted characters. The compatibility option "Don't add extra space for raised/lowered characters" is not selected. (To locate this option, click Options on the Tools menu, and then select the Compatibility tab.) When this option is not selected, Word repaginates the document and adjusts line spacing to accommodate raised or lowered characters. As a result, the length of the document may increase.

RESOLUTION

To control the line spacing when you convert a Word 2.0 document, select the compatibility option "Don't add extra space for raised/lowered characters." To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

2. Click the Compatibility tab.

3. Click to select the "Don't add extra space for raised/lowered

   characters" check box.

MORE INFORMATION

In Word 6.x:

For more information on compatibility options, click "Search for Help on" on the Help menu, type "Compatibility Options" (without the quotation marks), select "Improving compatibility with a document created in a different file format," and click GoTo.

In Word 7.x and later:

For more information about "compatibility options," click the Office Assistant, type "compatibility options," click Search, and then click "Customize Word to work with converted documents"

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

For more information about compatibility options, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q192634
   TITLE     : WD: Word Compatibility Options Described

   ARTICLE-ID: Q166016
   TITLE     : WD97: Word Compatibility Options Described

   ARTICLE-ID: Q192635
   TITLE     : WD98: Word Compatibility Options Described

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Keywords          : kbinterop wordnt word8 macword98 winword ntword macword word7 word95 kbformat 
Version           : MACINTOSH:6.x,98;WINDOWS:2.x,6.x,7.x,97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: December 8, 1998