Supported file and graphics formats in Word 2000

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This article was previously published under Q235928

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.

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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, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

236051 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236051/ ) WD2000: Text converters installed during an "Install Now" setup

212271 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212271/ ) WD2000: Graphics filters installed in an "Install Now" setup

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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:

HTML
MS-DOS Text
MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks
Rich Text Format (RTF)
Text Only
Text with Line Breaks
Unicode Text
Word 97 for Windows, and Word 98 Macintosh Edition
Word 6.0/95 for Windows and Word 6.0 for the Macintosh
(Asian versions require an additional file format converter)
Word 4.x-5.1 for the Macintosh (import only)
Word 2.0 and 1.0 for Windows (import only)

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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:

Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
Macintosh PICT
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
Windows bitmap (BMP)
Run-length encoded (RLE)
Device-independent bitmap (DIB)
Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF)
Windows Metafile (WMF)

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Text converters that are 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

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Text converter	File name	Size	Comments
Microsoft Excel Converter	Excel32.cnv	136,192	Allows Word and PowerPoint to open Excel 2x-5.0, 95, 97, and 2000 files. Note Excel files on the Macintosh do not have MS-DOS file extensions. You must specify the converter to use to open the file in Word for Windows. To do this, follow these steps: On the Tools menu, click Options. On the General tab, click to select Confirm conversion at open. On the File menu, click Open, and click to select the Excel 98 file. Select Microsoft Excel Worksheet in the Convert File dialog box, and then click OK.
Lotus 1-2-3 Converter	Lotus32.cnv	131,072	Allows Office to open Lotus 1-2-3 file versions 2.x, 3.x, and 4.0.
Word for Macintosh 4.0-5.1 Converter	Macwrd32.cnv	180,736	Converts documents to Word for Macintosh versions 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1. This converter is not necessary for opening Word for Macintosh files.
Word 6.0/95 for Windows/Macintosh	Mswrd632.cnv	135,680 213,504	Used by other Microsoft applications to open Word 6.0/95 files.
Word 97 for Windows/Word 98 Macintosh	Mswrd832.cnv	278,528	Used by other Microsoft applications to open Word 97-2000 files.
Microsoft Conversion Filter for Lotus Notes	Nims32.dll	26,112	Use to open Word 6.0, Word 95, Word 97, and Word 2000 in Lotus Notes 3.x and 4.x.
Recover Text Converter	Recovr32.cnv	57,344	Recovers text from any file.
Text with Layout Converter	Txtlyt32.cnv	189,440	Use this format to convert a document to a text file format while preserving the page layout.
Word for Windows 2.0 Converter	Wnwrd232.cnv	183,808	Converts documents to Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0. This converter is not necessary for opening Word for Windows 2.0 files.
Works for Windows 4.0	Works432.cnv	260,096	Converts documents to and from Microsoft Works 4.0.
WordPerfect 5.x Converter	Wpft532.cnv	340,992	Converts documents to and from WordPerfect 5.0 and 5.1 for DOS and WordPerfect 5.1 and 5.2 for Windows.
WordPerfect 6.x Converter	Wpft632.cnv	253,440	Converts documents from WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS, and WordPerfect 6.0 and 6.1 for Windows.
Word 97-2000 & 6.0/95 RTF Converter	Wrd6er32.cnv	19,456	Converter used by Microsoft Word 2000 to save documents to Word 97-2000 & 6.0/95 RTF format. This converter is not necessary for opening Word 6.0 for Windows files.
Word 6.0/95 Export Converter	Wrd6ex32.cnv	1,077,248	Converter used by Microsoft Word 2000 to save documents to 6.0/95 format. This converter is not necessary for opening Word 6.0 for Windows files.

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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 how to install the converter pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

822346 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822346/ ) The Office XP, Office 2000 and Office 97 Converter Packs are no longer available

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Text converter	File name	Size	Comments
Lotus Ami Pro	Ami332.cnv	243,712	Opens and saves documents in Lotus Ami Pro 3.x for Windows.
Borland dBASE and Microsoft FoxPro Converter	Dbase32.cnv	53,760	Opens documents in Microsoft FoxPro and dBASE IV, III+, and II.
Microsoft Word for DOS	Doswrd32.cnv	214,016	Opens and saves documents in Word 3.x-6.0 for Windows.
Revisable-Form-Text Document Content Architecture (RFT-DCA)	Rftdca32.cnv	150,528	Opens and saves documents in RFT-DCA format.
Microsoft Works 3.0 for Windows	Works332.cnv	118,272	Opens and saves documents in Works 3.0 for Windows format.
WordPerfect 4.x for MS-DOS	Wpft432.cnv	240,128	Opens and saves documents in versions 4.2 and 4.1. Also allows you to install WordPerfect fonts.
WordStar for MS-DOS and Windows	Wrdstr32.cnv	274,432	Opens documents in WordStar for DOS 3.3-7.0 and WordStar for Windows 1.0 and 2.0. Also saves in WordStar for DOS versions 4.0 and 7.0.
Microsoft Windows Write	Write32.cnv	63,488	Opens and saves documents in Write 3.1 and 3.0 for Windows.

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Graphics filters that are 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

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Graphics filter	File name	Size	Comments
Computer Graphics Metafile Import	Cgmimp32.flt	409,600	Allows programs to import Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGM).
CorelDRAW Import	Cdrimp32.flt	212,992	Allows programs to import CorelDRAW (CDR) files.
Encapsulated PostScript	Epsimp32.flt	77,824	Allows programs to import Encapsulated PostScript (EPS).
Enhanced Metafile Import	Emfimp32.flt	351,744	Allows programs to import Enhanced Metafiles (EMF).
FPX Import	Fpx32.flt	1,544,192	Allows programs to import FlashPix (FPX) files.
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)	Gifimp32.flt	274,432	Allows programs to import and save GIF files, but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
JPEG Interchange Format	Jpegim32.dll	278,528	Allows programs to import and save JPEG files, but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
Kodak Photo CD Import	Pcdimp32.flt Pcdlib32.dll (in %System Root%\System32)	122,880 212,480	Allows programs to import Kodak Photo CD (PCD) files.
Macintosh PICT Import	Pictim32.flt	131,072	Allows programs to import Macintosh Graphics (PICT) files.
PC Paintbrush PCX Import	Pcximp32.flt	81,920	Allows programs to import PC Paintbrush (PCX) files.
PNG File format Import	Png32.flt	270,336	Allows programs to import and save Portable Network Graphics (PNG) files, but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
Tag Image File Format Import	Tiffim32.flt	229,376	Allows programs to import and save Tag Image File Format Import (TIFF) files.
Windows Bitmap Import	Bmpimp32.flt	86,016	Allows programs to import Windows bitmap (BMP) files, but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
Windows Metafile Import	Wmfimp32.flt	36,864	Allows programs to import Windows Metafiles (WMF), but is not needed by Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
WordPerfect Graphics Filters	Wpgimp32.flt Wpgexp32.flt	163,840 86,016	Used by a text converter to open and save WordPerfect graphics files.

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.

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REFERENCES

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

For more information about the <I>Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit</I>, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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

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