WD97: Word Doesn't Convert Creative Writer and Fine Artist Files
Article ID: 194632
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Creative Writer 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Creative Writer 1.1a
- Microsoft Fine Artist 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Fine Artist 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Fine Artist 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
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SYMPTOMS
You cannot convert Creative Writer or Fine Artist documents to Microsoft
Word 97. In addition, you cannot import Ghost Mysteries for Creative Writer
files into Word 97.
CAUSE
Word does 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, 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 97. 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.
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