Article ID: 272482 - Last Review: January 29, 2007 - Revision: 1.1 WD2001: Converters Available for Word 2001This article was previously published under Q272482 On This PageSUMMARY
Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac supports conversion to and from a number of non-Word file formats. Word interprets some non-Word formats by using built-in converters, and other formats through the use of external converter files.
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Microsoft Word 2001 can import the following text formats without a
converter:
Converters Included in Easy InstallThe Easy installation of Microsoft Word 2001 includes text converters for plain-text file formats and documents created by the following programs.
Format File Requires the Comments
Microsoft
Conversion
Library
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AppleWorks 5 AppleWorks 5.0 Yes
File Recovery Recover Text Yes Attempts to recover
Converter text from corrupted
Microsoft Word
documents.
Excel 2.x-9.0 Microsoft Excel Yes Supports only
2.x-9.0 importing.
Word 6.0/95 Word 6.0/95 Yes Used by PowerPoint.
Import Word only uses this
converter to read J
Word files.
Word 6.0-95 Word 6.0/95 No Required only for
Export export.
Word 97-2001 Word 97-2001 Yes Required for Word 97
Import for Windows, Word 98
Macintosh Edition
files by PowerPoint 98.
Microsoft Word Word 4.x-5.x Yes Required only for
for the Macintosh 4.0-5.1 export by
Word. PowerPoint uses
it for importing.
Additional Microsoft Word 2001 ConvertersThe following text converters are also included with Microsoft Word 2001, but you must install them from the Value Pack.
Format File Comments
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WordPerfect 5 WordPerfect 5.x For WordPerfect 5.0 and 5.1.
Used by Word and PowerPoint for
import. Word also uses this for
export.
WordPerfect Graphics WordPerfect Graphics Must be installed manually and
placed in the Text Converters
folder.
Word97-2001 Word97-2001 Must be manually installed on
Converter/Installer computers with Word 5.1 or
6.0 for the Macintosh already
installed. Enables import of documents created with later
versions of Word for the
Macintosh or Word for Windows.
Microsoft Works 4.0 Works 4.0 for the Installable through Value Pack
Converter Macintosh setup.
Text Encoding Text Encoding Enables better document
Converter conversion.
Unsupported ConvertersMicrosoft Word 2001 does not support converters for exporting to WordPerfect version 6, 7, or 8.0.Word 2001 does not support converters for importing WordPerfect 2.x or 3.x. Contact DataViz about the availability of a converter. Location of ConvertersText converters are installed in the following default location:
Microsoft Office 2001:Shared Applications:Text Converters
Third-Party ConverterDataViz Inc. sells the program MacLinkPlus Deluxe, which converts file formats other than those listed earlier in this article.For more information about MacLinkPlus, please browse to the DataViz Web site: http://www.dataviz.com/products/maclinkplus/index.html
(http://www.dataviz.com/products/maclinkplus/index.html)
Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.For additional information about contacting a third-party vendor, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 296400
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296400/EN-US/
)
OFF2001: Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List
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