WD: Word Doesn't Convert Creative Writer and Fine Artist Files (137609)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1a
- Microsoft Creative Writer
- Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows 1.1
- Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows 1.1a
- Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh 1.0
- Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh 1.1
- Microsoft Creative Writer for the Macintosh 1.1a
- Microsoft Fine Artist for Windows 1.0
- Microsoft Fine Artist for Windows 1.1
- Microsoft Fine Artist for Windows 1.1a
- Microsoft Fine Artist for the Macintosh 1.0
- Microsoft Fine Artist for the Macintosh 1.1
- Microsoft Fine Artist for the Macintosh 1.1a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q137609 SYMPTOMS
You cannot convert Creative Writer or Fine Artist documents to Microsoft
Word versions 6.0 and later format. In addition, you cannot import Ghost
Mysteries for Creative Writer files into Word.
CAUSE
Word for Windows and Word for the Macintosh do not provide conversion
filters for Creative Writer and Fine Artist documents. In addition, there
is no filter for the Creative Writer add-on Ghost Mysteries for Creative
Writers.
WORKAROUND
To convert a Creative Writer or Fine Artist document to Word 6.0 and
later,
use either of the following methods.
Method 1
Copy and paste the Creative Writer or Fine Artist document into Word and
then save the file as a Word document. This method retains all text and
graphics.
Method 2
In Creative Writer or Fine Artist, save the document as Text Only, and
then open the document in Word 6.0. The drawback to this method is that
graphics are not converted.
MORE INFORMATION
Creative Writer documents are saved in a proprietary format called RIFF
(Resource Interchange File Format). These files can be transferred between
Windows and Macintosh versions of Creative Writer without any translation.
You can save the text of Creative Writer documents in the text-only format
and open the text file in other programs.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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