The AppleSearch server uses XTND translators to extract text from the files in its information sources. The following DataViz XTND translators are included with the AppleSearch product:
* MacWrite versions 4.5, 5.0, and II
* WordPerfect for Macintosh versions 1.0, 2.0, and 2.1
* Microsoft Word for Macintosh versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1
* Microsoft Works (word processing) versions 2.0 and 3.0
* FrameMaker MIF versions 2.0 and 3.0
* PageMaker version 4.0
* Ragtime version 3.1
* AppleWorks
* WriteNow versions 2.0 and 3.0
* Nisus version 3.0
* PICT (text extraction only)
* Excel (tab text only, no formula)
* Microsoft Word for Windows versions 1.0 and 2.0
* WordPerfect for Windows version 5.1
If you try using later XTND translators, than what ship with AppleSearch, you may or may not have problems. Apple supports only those translators that ship with AppleSearch 1.5.