WD: Tabs in Tables Lost When Saving As Text with Layout
Article ID: 155426
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
This article was previously published under Q155426
SYMPTOMS
When you save a Word document as either Text with Layout or MS-DOS Text
with Layout, and the document contains a table that is formatted with tab
stops, some or all of the tabs that were in the table may be lost when the
document is converted.
CAUSE
When the Word for Windows document contains a table, the converter
separates the table columns by using a tab in the text file. The converter
cannot handle a right-aligned tab correctly. This tab is lost in the text
file, and a space is placed between the text instead of the tab. All other
tabs are retained from the table: table column separators, left-aligned,
center-aligned, and decimal-aligned.
Microsoft Word for the Macintosh also allows for the conversion of Word
documents into other formats, such as Text with Layout. When the Word for
Macintosh document contains a table, the converter separates the table
columns, as well as the tabs within the columns, into space delimited
columns. No tabs are retained. This includes the tabs for table column
separators, left-aligned, center aligned, right-aligned, and decimal-
aligned tabs.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the
beginning of this article.
Keywords: kbbug KB155426