WD2000: Supported File and Graphics Formats

ID: Q235928


The information in this article applies to:


SUMMARY

When Microsoft Word 2000 opens or saves a document, it uses text converters to change the file format of the document.

To convert documents to and from different formats or to insert graphics, you must install the appropriate text converters or graphics filters included with the Microsoft Office 2000 Setup or the Microsoft Office Converter Pack.

Office 2000 Setup and the Microsoft Office Converter Pack install text converters and graphics filters in the following folders:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt
NOTE: When you use Microsoft Word 2000, you can collaborate with others who use earlier versions of Word and different applications. However, earlier versions of Word and some other applications do not support all of the Word 2000 features.


MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about text converters and graphics filters that are installed during an "Install Now" Setup of Word 2000 and the text converters and graphics filters that are installed on first use, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q236051 WD2000: Text Converters Installed During an "Install Now" Setup
Q212271 WD2000: Graphics Filters Installed in an "Install Now" Setup

Text Converters That Are Native to Microsoft Word

The following text file formats are native to Word 2000; that is, they are built in and do not require an additional file format converter to be installed:

Graphics Filters That Are Native to Microsoft Word

The following graphics formats are native (built in) to Microsoft Word 2000 and do not require a separate filter to be installed:

Text Converters Supplied with Word

The following table lists the text converters you can install by using the Microsoft Word 2000 (or Microsoft Office 2000) Setup and some additional information about each text converter.

NOTE: Each of these text converters is installed to the following location:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv

   Text Converter        File Name        Size     Comments
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------

   Lotus 1-2-3           Lotus32.cnv     109,568   Opens documents in Word
                                                   4.0, 3.x, and 2.x
                                                   format. An export
                                                   converter is not
                                                   available.


   Lotus Notes           Msimp32.dll               Opens Word 2000, Word
                         Mscthunk.dll              97, Word 95, and Word
                         Mswrd632.cnv    135,680   6.0 documents in Lotus
                         Mswrd832.cnv    278,528   Notes versions 4.x and
                                                   3.x.

   Microsoft Excel       Excel32.cnv     136,192   Opens Excel workbooks
                                                   saved in Excel 97-2000,
                                                   Excel 98 (Macintosh),
                                                   Excel 97, Excel 95, and
                                                   Excel 2.x-5.0.

   Microsoft FoxPro      Dbase32.cnv      53,760   Opens files in FoxPro
                                                   2.6.


   Microsoft Word        Wrd6ex32.cnv  1,093,632   Saves documents in Word
   6.0/95                                          binary file format with
                                                   a .doc extension.
                                                   (A converter is needed
                                                   for importing.)


   Microsoft Word        Macwrd32.cnv    180,736   Saves documents in Word
   for the Macintosh                               5.x and 4.x for the
                                                   Macintosh format.
                                                   (A converter is not
                                                   needed for importing.)

   Microsoft Word        Wnwrd232.cnv    183,808   Saves documents in Word
   for Windows 2.x                                 2.x format.
                                                   (A converter is not
                                                   needed for importing.)


   Microsoft Works       Works432.cnv    260,096   Opens and saves
   4.0 for Windows                                 documents in Works 4.0
                                                   for Windows.

   Recover Text          Recovr32.cnv     57,344   Recovers text from
                                                   damaged documents.


   Text with Layout      Txtlyt32.cnv    189,440   Saves documents with
                                                   layout preserved.

   WordPerfect 4.x       Wpft432.cnv     240,128   Opens and saves
   for MS-DOS                                      documents in versions
                                                   4.2 and 4.1. The
                                                   converter also allows
                                                   you to install
                                                   WordPerfect fonts.

   WordPerfect for       Wpft632.cnv     253,440   Opens WordPerfect 6.x
   MS-DOS and Windows    Wpft532.cnv     340,992   documents, and opens
                                                   and saves WordPerfect
                                                   5.x documents.

 

Text Converters Supplied with the Microsoft Office Converter Pack

The following table lists the text converters you can install by using the Microsoft Office Converter Pack. For additional information about installing the converter pack, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q212265 WD2000: Additional Text Converters Available in Converter Pack

   Text Converter        File Name        Size     Comments
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------

   Borland dBASE         Dbase32.cnv      53,760   Opens files in dBASE
                                                   IV, III+, and II.

   Lotus Ami Pro         Ami332.cnv      243,712   Opens and saves
                                                   documents in Lotus
                                                   Ami Pro 3.x for
                                                   Windows.


   Microsoft Windows     Write32.cnv      63,488   Opens and saves
   Write                                           documents in Write 3.1
                                                   and 3.0 for Windows.



   Microsoft Word        Doswrd32.cnv    214,016   Opens and saves
   for MS-DOS                                      documents in Word 3.x-
                                                   6.0 for MS-DOS.


   Microsoft Works       Works332.cnv    118,272   Opens and saves
   3.0 for Windows                                 documents in Works 3.0
                                                   for Windows format.


   Revisable-Form-Text   Rftdca.cnv      150,528   Opens and saves
   Document Content                                documents in RFT-DCA
   Architecture                                    format.
   (RFT-DCA)


   WordStar for MS-DOS   Wrdstr32.cnv    274,432   Opens documents in
   and Windows                                     WordStar 3.3-7.0 for
                                                   MS-DOS and WordStar 7.0
                                                   and 4.0 for MS-DOS. 

Graphics Filters Supplied with Word

The following table lists each of the installable graphics filters and some additional information about each graphics filter.

NOTE: Each of these graphics filters is installed to the following location:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt

   Graphic Filter        File Name        Size     Comments
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------

   Computer Graphics     Cgmimp32.flt     393,728  Opens CGM images that
   Metafile (CGM)                                  conform to CGM:1992.

   CorelDRAW (CDR)       Cdrimp32.flt     203,264  Opens CDR images from
                                                   CorelDRAW versions
                                                   3.0 - 6.0.

   Encapsulated          Epsimp32.flt      77,824  Opens EPS images with
   PostScript                                      embedded preview images
                                                   in Tagged Image File
                                                   Format (TIFF), WMF
                                                   format, and PICT format. 
                                                   If no preview is
                                                   embedded, a generic
                                                   title page is used.

   Enhanced Metafile     Emfimp32.flt     340,480  Converts EMF images to
                                                   WMF format.

   FlashPix (FPX) and    Fpx32.flt      1,544,192  Opens FPX and MIX
   PictureIt! (MIX)                                images. Converts a
                                                   multiple-resolution
                                                   image to a single-
                                                   resolution image.
                                                   You can choose which
                                                   resolution to import.

   Graphics Interchange  Gifimp32.flt     274,432  Opens GIF images in
   Format (GIF)                                    versions Gif87a and
                                                   Gif89a.

   JPEG File             Jpegimp32.flt    278,528  Opens JPG images that
   Interchange Format                              conform to JPEG File
                                                   Interchange Format
                                                   version 6.0. The filter
                                                   does not support JPEG
                                                   Tagged Interchange
                                                   Format (JTIF) images.

   Kodak Photo CD        Pedimp32.flt     122,880  Opens PCD images saved
   (PCD)                 and                       in Kodak Photo CD
                         Pcdlib32.dll              version 3.0. Converts a
                                                   multiple-resolution
                                                   image to a single-
                                                   resolution image. You
                                                   can choose which
                                                   resolution to import.

   Macintosh PICT        Pictim32.flt     131,072  Opens images created or
                                                   edited in Microsoft
                                                   Office for the
                                                   Macintosh.

   PC Paintbrush         Pcximp32.flt      81,920  Supports all versions of
   (PCX)                                           PCX images through ZSoft
                                                   version 3.0.

   Portable Network      Png32.flt        270,336  Opens and saves PNG
   Graphics (PNG)                                  images conforming to the
                                                   Portable Network
                                                   Graphics Tenth
                                                   Specification.

   Tagged Image File     Tiffim32.flt     229,376  Opens TIFF images and
   Format (TIFF)                                   compressions that
                                                   conform to TIFF
                                                   Specification
                                                   Revision versions 6.0
                                                   and 5.0.

   Windows bitmap        Bmpimp32.flt      86,016  Supports BMP, RLE, and
                                                   DIB bitmaps.

   Windows Metafile      Wmfimp32.flt      13,312  Opens WMF images.

   WordPerfect Graphics  Wpgimp32.flt     149,504  Opens and saves WPG
   (WPG)                 and                       images saved in
                         Wpgexp32.flt      86,016  WordPerfect versions
                                                   1.0, 1.0e, and 2.0. 
NOTE: Although some of the graphics formats listed in the table are native to Word, you can customize Setup to install some graphics filters. Some graphics filters are not used by Word but by other Office applications (such as Microsoft Photo Editor). In addition, some of the Word 2000 text converters use the graphics filters.


REFERENCES

Additional information about Word 2000 can be found in the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit.

For more information about the Microsoft Office Resource Kit, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/

Additional query words: foreign convert shipped text


Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo 

Last Reviewed: July 19, 1999