Word 6.x/7.0 drawing objects lost when saved in other format due to unique.

Cause:


Drawing objects are unique to Word 6.0 and 7.0, so they cannot be used in other formats.

Solution:


Bring the object to the text layer with the 'Create Picture', copy and paste special as a picture before trying to convert it, or if the picture is only text, select the text, delete the drawing object border and paste special as RTF text.

To keep the objects in the file, do one of the following: