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
"Anne Troy" wrote:
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
www.OfficeArticles.com
"Millicent" wrote in message
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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