WD: How to Obtain the Word 97-98-2000 Converter (Word for Macintosh)

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SUMMARY

You cannot directly open Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition or Microsoft Word 97-2000 for Windows documents in the following Microsoft Word versions:

Word 4.x
Word 5.x
Word 6.x

To convert documents in these versions, install the Word 97-98-2000 Converter.

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You can download the Word 97-98-2000 Converter Installer from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/office98/word_97982000_convert.xml&secid=20&ssid=8&flgnosysreq=False (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/office98/word_97982000_convert.xml&secid=20&ssid=8&flgnosysreq=False)

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac
Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 4.0 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 5.0 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh

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