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Subject:Re: converting Word 6 docs to Word 7 From:Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:05:49 -0600
In our previous episode, Iain Harrison said:
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> Chris Knight wrote:
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> > Bottom line: Word 6 files are completely compatible with Word 7.
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> Wouldn't it be nice it that were true!
>
> I've had ToCs that wouldn't work after switching from 6 to 7.
> Word 7 interprets shadow text as bold, whereas 6 left it 'normal'.
And hyphenation is handled differently in Word 7 than Word 6, which
means that a document's pagination can change completely from Word 6
to Word 7, even if the document hasn't been edited and the same
printer/printer driver is used.
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