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Unsupported features in Word Mobile Word Mobile does not fully support some features of Microsoft
Word such as revision marks and password protection. Some data and formatting may be lost when you
save the document on your device.
The following features are not supported in Word Mobile.
• Backgrounds
• Shapes and text boxes
• Artistic page borders
• Smart tags
• Metafiles
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Bi-directional text
. While Word Mobile will open documents containing bi-directional text, the
indentations and alignment may be displayed and saved incorrectly.
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Password-protected files.
Word Mobile does not support opening password-protected documents.
You must first remove the password protection in Word on the PC if you want to view the document on
the device.
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Document protection.
Word Mobile does not support displaying files that have been protected in
Word on the PC.
The following features are partially supported in Word Mobile.
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Picture bullets
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Revision marks:
When you open a document that has revision marks in Word Mobile, the document
appears as if all revision marks were accepted. When you save the document in Word Mobile, revision
marks are lost.
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Table styles:
When you save a document in Word Mobile, some or all the formatting that is defined in
the table style is lost.
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Underline styles. Underline styles not supported by Word Mobile are mapped to one of the four
supported styles: regular, dotted, wavy, or thick/bold/wide.
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Legacy Pocket Word files. You can open *.psw files in Word Mobile; however, if you edit a file, you will
need to save it in *.doc, *.rtf, *.txt, or *.dot format.
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