The font colors do not appear as expected when you use Word 97 to open a Word 2000 document that contains different font colors (209679)

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When you use Microsoft Word 97 for Windows to open a Word 2000 document that contains text formatted with different font colors, the font colors may change unexpectedly, as shown in the following table.

NOTE: The shading in some cells of the table was added so that the font colors could be more easily displayed.

Black retained as Black	Brown converts to Dark Red	Olive Green converts to Dark Yellow	Dark Green converts to Green	Dark Teal converts to Teal	Dark Blue retained as Dark Blue	Indigo converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 80% converts to Black
Dark Red retained as Dark Red	Orange converts to Red	Dark Yellow retained as Dark Yellow	Green retained as Green	Teal retained as Teal	Blue retained as Blue	Blue - Gray converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 50% retained as Gray - 50%
Red retained as Red	Light Orange converts to Yellow	Lime converts to Yellow	Sea Green converts to Bright Green	Aqua converts to Turquoise	Light Blue converts to Blue	Violet retained as Violet	Gray - 40% converts to Gray 50%
Pink retained as Pink	Gold converts to Yellow	Yellow retained as Yellow	Bright Green retained as Bright Green	Turquoise retained as Turquoise	Sky Blue converts to Turquoise	Plum converts to Pink	Gray - 25% retained as Gray - 25%
Rose converts to Pink	Tan converts to Yellow	Light Yellow converts to Yellow	Light Green converts to Bright Green	Light Turquoise converts to Turquoise	Pale Blue converts to Turquoise	Lavender converts to Pink	White retained as White

When you use Microsoft Word 97 for Windows to open a Word 2000 document saved as Rich Text Format (*.rtf) and containing text formatted with different font colors, the font colors may change unexpectedly, as shown in the following table.

NOTE: The shading in some cells of the table was added so the font colors could be more easily displayed.

Black retained as Black	Brown converts to Dark Red	Olive Green converts to Black	Dark Green converts to Black	Dark Teal converts to Dark Blue	Dark Blue retained as Dark Blue	Indigo converts to Dark Blue	Gray - 80% converts to Black
Dark Red retained as Dark Red	Orange converts to Red	Dark Yellow retained as Dark Yellow	Green retained as Green	Teal retained as Teal	Blue retained as Blue	Blue - Gray converts to Gray - 50%	Gray - 50% retained as Gray - 50%
Red retained as Red	Light Orange converts to Yellow	Lime converts to Dark Yellow	Sea Green converts to Teal	Aqua converts to Turquoise	Light Blue converts to Blue	Violet retained as Violet	Gray - 40% converts to Gray - 50%
Pink retained as Pink	Gold converts to Yellow	Yellow retained as Yellow	Bright Green retained as Bright Green	Turquoise retained as Turquoise	Sky Blue converts to Turquoise	Plum converts to Violet	Gray - 25% retains Gray - 25%
Rose converts to Gray - 25%	Tan converts to Gray - 25%	Light Yellow converts to Gray - 25%	Light Green converts to Gray - 25%	Light Turquoise converts to White	Pale Blue converts to Gray - 25%	Lavender converts to Gray - 25%	White retained as White

The font colors do not appear as expected when you use Word 97 to open a Word 2000 document that contains different font colors (209679)

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