This document tests the compatibility of document formatting and elements across different word processing applications. It contains various formatted text, styles, images, tables, and other elements to check if they appear correctly when opened in other applications besides the original Microsoft Word format. The document provides instructions to check if bullet points, headings, colors, fonts, hyperlinks, and other formatting are preserved or changed. It also includes an image and drawing to test the handling of non-text elements across applications.

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Document Compatibility
1. Introduction
Nowadayspeople wanttoworkeverywhere!Theyprefertostart writingadocumentat home in
desktoporlaptopcomputer,thenworkon same document onwayto office intrainand continue
workingonsame once at office.
Howevertheyoftendonotuse same versionof same software forcontentcreation!Thisbringsin
compatibilityproblem.
If someone createsadocumentinMicrosoftWord in PCand triesto editthe same usinga 3rd
party
app iniPad,thenchancesare the formattingwill be screwed.Insome cases,datalossmightoccur
too.
Thisdocumentisdesignedtobe a prototype totestamongall applicationswhere youintendto
create your textcontent.
2. Layout of this document
ThisdocumentissavedoriginallyinWord2007 in“docx” format.
Basic layout
Whenyouopenyour documentinotherwordprocessor,checkthe following.
 These pointsare bulletedlist.Canyousee thisasa bullet?
 The title of thisdocument“DocumentCompatibilty”issetas“Title”style inWord2007.
 All the headingsare numberedlists. If youputyourcursor in headings(inWord),itwill
highlightinribbonbarthatthe textis“Heading1”. Whenyou save the documentagainin a
differentwordprocessorandopenitinWord 2007 (or higher) again,doesthe style
informationpersist?
 The headingsare inWord’s defaultblue color.The heading1sare dark blue andheading2s
are lightblue.
 There isa headerand footerinthisdocument.The headercontains“Document
CompatibilityTest”andfootercontainspage numberascentrallyaligned.Canyousee
them?
 The word 1st
in thissentence uses“1st”witha superscript.Canyoureadthat?
 Hopefullyyoucaneasilyread bold, italics andunderline.Whataboutthis strikethrough?
 Thissentence iswritteninbrowncolor.
 The backgroundof thisline ishighlightedwithyellow.
 A table of contentwasaddedat the end of thisdocument.Canyousee that?
 If portrait mode withA4 page layout,thisline concludesendof page 1 of thisdocument.

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 Thisbulletpointstartsat page 2 inoriginal document.
 The font usedinthisdocumentis“Calibri”(exceptheadings). However, this very
sentence is written in Courier New with 12 font size.
 Thisis a hyperlink –www.microsoft.com
Advanced layout
Nowwe shall examine tablesandimages.
Followingisa2-columnand5-row table (includingheader) withsome colorformatting.
Can youadd additional row/columnto thistable?
Format Application
.doc, docx MicrosoftWord
.page Apple Pages
.xls,xlsx MicrosoftExcel
.number Apple Numbers
There isan image afterthisline.Canyousee it?If not,whenyousave the documentindifferent
wordprocessorand re-openinWord2007, doyou see the image orit is gone?
It isa 256x256 PNG image pastedinthe documentascentrallyalignedasinline withtextwithno
textwrappingoption.
Belowthisparagraphthere isa rectangle drawnusingWord’sowndrawingeditor.I shall be
surprisedif anyotherwordprocessorcan show this!

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I thinkthisisenoughforcompatibilitytest!
Yes,there isa “table of content”afterthisline.
Contents
1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 1
2. Layout of this document........................................................................................................1
Basic layout.............................................................................................................................. 1
Advancedlayout....................................................................................................................... 2
We are on page 3 of the document.
A PDFversionof thisdocumentisprovidedalongwithforverification.
The documentendshere.