-40 Error Opening WinWord 2.0 Files Saved From WinWord 6.0

This information was provided by Claris Corporation on 16 March 1998, and incorporated into Apple Computer's Tech Info Library.
If you create a document in the WinWord 6.0 application and use the Save As command to save the file in the WinWord 2.0 format, the ClarisWorks WinWord translator will generate a -40 error when trying to open the file.

This only occurs if you save a WinWord 2.0 file from WinWord 6.0. If the original document is created in WinWord 2.0, it will be translate correctly into ClarisWorks 2.1. Also, if a document is created in WinWord 6.0, saved in WinWord 2.0 format, opened into the WinWord 2.0 application and saved, it will convert properly into ClarisWorks 2.1.
Published Date: Feb 18, 2012