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You can place your imported text by dragging a marquee to define a paragraph text box, or by pressing the Spacebar to place the
imported text in the default location.
If you import text and choose not to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, the Install compatibility pack dialog box will
reappear the next time you import text, unless you enable the Do not ask me this question again check box. You can reactivate
the Install compatibility pack dialog box by clicking Tools Options. In the list of categories, double-clicking Workspace, clicking
Warnings, and enabling the Install Compatibility Pack for DOC and DOCX check box from the Show warnings when list box.
To export a Microsoft Word file
1 Open a drawing that contains a text object.
2
Click File Export.
3 Choose DOC - MS Word for Windows 6/7 or RTF - Rich Text Format from the Save as type list box.
4 Type a filename in the File name list box.
5 Click Export.
The filename extension for the format you choose is appended to the filename automatically.
Only text in drawings can be exported to the Microsoft Word file formats. Other graphical elements, such as lines, curves, and
rectangles, are lost during conversion and do not display in the file. To export graphics, use a graphic format such as WMF.
Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, and RTF) technical notes
Importing a DOC, DOCX, and RTF file
• To successfully import text with fewer inconsistencies, it is recommended that you install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. If the
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack was not previously installed on your computer, you will be prompted to install it when you attempt
to import text.
• The following Microsoft Word versions are supported: Microsoft Word 97-2007, Microsoft Word for Windows 6/7, Microsoft Word for
Windows 2.x, Microsoft Word 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 5.5.
• The embedded-field method for building indexes in Microsoft Word is supported, but the style-implied method for building indexes is
not.
• The Corel program matches the fonts in the file you are importing with the same or similar fonts, depending on the fonts installed on
your computer. However, the Normal text style in Microsoft Word is converted to the default text style. To set the default text style, click
Tools Options. In the list of categories, double-click Document, enable the Save options as defaults for new document check box,
and then enable the Styles check box.
• Whenever possible, the program automatically converts characters available in the sets “Symbol” or “MS Linedraw” to the corresponding
Windows character set entries.
• Most fonts are proportionally spaced, and text is reflowed when imported. As a result, soft line and page breaks often appear in new
locations if you are converting to a fixed-pitch or nonscalable font.
• When you import text, the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is adjusted to fit the current page size, which may
affect the placement of text.
• If a table is longer then the current page, the table data continues down and off the page.
• Nested tables are not fully supported. The text within a nested table appears within the text box of the top-level table cell as text only (no
bounding lines).
• Nested bullets are not fully supported.
• Objects and graphs are not supported.
• Equations are not maintained — the data and results may be maintained but they are unlinked.
• Text direction is not maintained.