Saving WOrd 2003 as Word 6 for Quark

[Guest]

I have recently upgraded to a new computer and Word 2003. I work with people
using Quark Xpress 4 on Macintoshes - sending them documents formatted using
style sheets that can then be imported into Quark with the style sheets. They
require documents to be saved as Word 6, but Word 2003 does not offer the
same option as Word 2000 to save as a Word 6/97 file.
If I use the option offered - Word 97-2003 & 6.0/95 - rtf (*doc) - the files
come through with a lot of rubbish code at the top and are is a plain text
without style sheets.
I have located the .cnv files on my old computer but when I copy them into
the TEXTCONV folder in program files/common/microsoft shared, Word does not
pick up any of the additional files.
Is there a solution to this problem - I MUST BE ABLE TO SAVE THE FILE AS
WORD 6/97. I have tried all sorts of variations with the saving in Word 2003
including turning off features etc. How can I get Word 2003 to "recognise"
the additional .cnv files? Or is my only solution to ditch 2003 and go back
to 2000?

Millicent

 

[Graham Mayor]

Microsoft has been widely criticised for security leaks in its products. It
has plugged as many leaks as it has found to date and one of them was the
old converters for Word. You can still use these old converters however,

In order for the file save options to appear in the dialog they must be
present in the registry as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\Text Converters\Export
If you have access to a Word 2000 equipped PC, see what entry it has in
relation to the converter that you wish to use. In fact if you export that
registry key to a file and post that file to my web site along with a copy
of the old converter I will make it available there. (Zip them before
posting).

RTF files (which is what Word 6 files are) will always have some bumph at
the start. You can strip this by opening and saving in Word Pad. However, I
suspect that what you really need is the old text converter (already
available from my web site http://www.gmayor.com/downloads.htm ) to save as
text ANS format (You can save it with the doc extension if you put quotes
around the filename). I have not used Quark but if it uses tags to set the
formatting, this should work.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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[Anne Troy]

Hate to say this, but their Quark is like over 8 years old...
Seems to me THEY should be upgrading.
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Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
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[Guest]

I know the version of Quark is ancient but the company won't invest in an
upgrade at this stage. And I'm not in a position to tell a large company what
to do - I need them more than they need me!! And they're happy with what that
version of the program provides them with. I guess it's the same with
Microsoft - they'd rather not provide the backward saving compatibility
because that forces more people to have to fork out more money for upgraded
programs, even if the program they have does what they want it to do.
But I think I have solved the problem. I added an HKEY to the TEXTCONV
settings in regedit pointing to the old CNV file and now I can save as a Word
6 document. The only problem is that every time I do it asks me if I am happy
to do that as the CNV file doesn't have a digital signature. But that I can
live with!!!

Millicent

 

[Graham Mayor]

Yes please - and the reg key - to my web site feedback link www.gmayor.com .
You'll have to zip them to get past Outlook security.

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[Guest]

Thanks for the advice. I added a HKEY pointing to the file and it works fine.
Do you want a copy of the converter?

Millicent

 

[Anne Troy]

Hm. There are free ways to digitally sign stuff that you're not distributing
to others. Have you looked into that? Try a google search. I'm not sure
what's required...

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Anne Troy
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