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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Picture bullets
• Revision marks
• 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.
• 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.
The following features are not supported on the device; however, they are retained in the
file so that when a file is opened on the PC again, they appear as expected.
• Footnotes, endnotes, headers, footers
• Page breaks
• Lists
• Fonts and font sizes. Fonts not supported by the device are mapped to the closest
font available, although the original font will be listed on the device.
To get more help about Word Mobile
• When in Word Mobile, tap Start > Help.