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date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:48:53 -0500,
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Re: Open Word for Windows 2.0 equations in 2007?
No, I no longer have WFW 2.0. And I'm pretty sure that I used the
equation editor in Word 2.
I had the same problem as you opening the Word 2 document in 2007, and
found, on the MS website, that I had to add a registry key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Security\FileOpenBlock]
"FilesBeforeVersion"=dword:00000000
Then, the document opened fine, but without the equations displayed.
They are there, though. When I save the file as text and open it in
Notepad, I see equations in the form:
e sub i`=`mu sub i over {lambda sub i`+`mu sub i},
~~i`=`1,~2
Bill
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:38:04 -0000, "Peter Jamieson"
wrote:
>Did you keep your old Word for Windows 2.0 installation? If so, can you use
>it to save as .rtf format instead?
>
>Did you use the Equation editor in Word 2, or EQ fields in Word 2, for your
>equations?
>
>I just tried
> a. saving a document from Word 2.0c in .doc and .rtf format
> b. opening in Word 2007. Word 2007 complained about the .doc format because
>it can no longer open the format (according to its message) - i.e. it's not
>just the equations that are causing problems. However, it opened the .rtf
>version just fine.
>
>if you don't still have Word 2.0, how much stuff do you have? If it's just a
>document or two I may be able to convert here if you want (no guarantees!)
>
>Peter Jamieson
>"Bill Johnston" wrote in message
>news:6eieu2p0jcklpp4u1clm6p3uq54q0oro4s@4ax.com...
>>I have some old technical articles that I wrote in Word for Windows
>> 2.0. I now use Word 2007. 2007 opens these old files just fine, but
>> it doesn't seem to recognize the equations that are embedded. It just
>> draws a box on the screen where the equation was. Is there some way
>> to get these equations back?
>>
>> Bill
>
date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:26:21 -0500
author: Bill Johnston
Re: Open Word for Windows 2.0 equations in 2007?
Yes, I had the impression that Word 2007 couldn't open Word 2 stuff at all,
but I made the registry change, opened my simple Word 2 example, and the
equation appeared.
When you open your document, if you click Alt-F9, do you see fields such as
{ EMBED Equation } ?
If so, try selecting one, right click and with any luck you will see an
Equation Object option, leading to a convert option where you can select
Equation 3.0 format. If not, I wonder whether
a. I still have the old object (I think I installed over an older Office
installation) or
b. the Equation Object is an option in SETUP and you didn't install it - in
whch case you should be able to modify your installation.
Peter Jamieson
"Bill Johnston" wrote in message
news:vl5pu2tln61kp36p3ocecjie14i8meje7t@4ax.com...
> No, I no longer have WFW 2.0. And I'm pretty sure that I used the
> equation editor in Word 2.
>
> I had the same problem as you opening the Word 2 document in 2007, and
> found, on the MS website, that I had to add a registry key:
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Security\FileOpenBlock]
> "FilesBeforeVersion"=dword:00000000
>
> Then, the document opened fine, but without the equations displayed.
> They are there, though. When I save the file as text and open it in
> Notepad, I see equations in the form:
>
> e sub i`=`mu sub i over {lambda sub i`+`mu sub i},
> ~~i`=`1,~2
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 18:38:04 -0000, "Peter Jamieson"
> wrote:
>
>>Did you keep your old Word for Windows 2.0 installation? If so, can you
>>use
>>it to save as .rtf format instead?
>>
>>Did you use the Equation editor in Word 2, or EQ fields in Word 2, for
>>your
>>equations?
>>
>>I just tried
>> a. saving a document from Word 2.0c in .doc and .rtf format
>> b. opening in Word 2007. Word 2007 complained about the .doc format
>> because
>>it can no longer open the format (according to its message) - i.e. it's
>>not
>>just the equations that are causing problems. However, it opened the .rtf
>>version just fine.
>>
>>if you don't still have Word 2.0, how much stuff do you have? If it's just
>>a
>>document or two I may be able to convert here if you want (no guarantees!)
>>
>>Peter Jamieson
>>"Bill Johnston" wrote in message
>>news:6eieu2p0jcklpp4u1clm6p3uq54q0oro4s@4ax.com...
>>>I have some old technical articles that I wrote in Word for Windows
>>> 2.0. I now use Word 2007. 2007 opens these old files just fine, but
>>> it doesn't seem to recognize the equations that are embedded. It just
>>> draws a box on the screen where the equation was. Is there some way
>>> to get these equations back?
>>>
>>> Bill
>>
date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:41:53 -0000
author: Peter Jamieson
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