WD5x: How to Use Word 6.0 or Word 98 Documents in Word 5.x

ID: Q181808

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.1a

SUMMARY

When you upgrade from Word 5.x to Word 6.0 or Word 98, you may still need to save your documents in Word 5.x format.

By using the converters supplied with Word for the Macintosh, you can save Word documents in other file formats and preserve as much formatting as the other program can support. To save a file in another file format, including Word 4.x or 5.x for the Macintosh or Word 2.x for Windows format, use the Save As command. To do this, follow these steps:

1. From Word 6.0 or Word 98, click Save As on the File menu.

2. Select a file format in the Save File As Type box, type a name for the

   file, and click Save.

If the file format you need does not appear in the Save File As Type box, the converter is not installed. To install additional converters, run Word Setup again. If you have installed all the converters that come with Word and you still don't see the one you need, you may need to obtain a supplemental converter. For more information, see the " Getting Information About Supplemental Converters" section of this article.

Word recognizes the file formats of many common word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and page-layout programs. If you need to transfer documents between Word and programs for which specific converters aren't available, you can also import and export documents in plain-text formats. Plain-text formats retain the text of a document without most of the formatting. These formats are also useful for transferring documents when using electronic mail systems.

MORE INFORMATION

Getting Information About Supplemental Converters

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q179607
   TITLE     : WD98: Supported Non-Word File Formats

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119859
   TITLE     : MacWord 6.x Supplemental File Conversion Disk Available

   ARTICLE-ID: Q180530
   TITLE     : WD98: How to Install and Use the Word Batch Converter

Word 6.0:

For instructions about how to obtain supplemental converters and graphics filters that were not shipped with Word, double-click Help on the Standard toolbar, and then type "readme" (without quotation marks). Press ENTER twice, and then click File Conversion.

Getting Information About Installing Components

Word 98:

For more information about installing components in Word, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in MS Word Help, type the following text

   installing Office

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Installing Individucal Office Components" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Word 6.0:

Double-click Help on the Standard toolbar in Word 6.0, type "setup" (without quotation marks), and press ENTER twice.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119336
   TITLE     : WD: MacWord 6.0: Converting from Other Versions/Formats

Additional query words: update

Version           : MACINTOSH:5.0,5.1,5.1a
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: February 11, 1999