WD: Formatting Lost After Updating LINK and INCLUDETEXT Field (147344)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows NT 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q147344 SYMPTOMS
When linking two Word documents together using a LINK or INCLUDETEXT
field, the document containing the field loses paragraph and/or character
formatting after updating that field.
CAUSE
Text from the source document may have been deleted or added. When Word
encounters a change in paragraph or character formatting, formatting of the
preceding paragraph or word is applied to the following paragraph or word.
STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
WORKAROUND
Remove the \* MERGEFORMAT switch from the LINK or INCLUDETEXT field then
update the field by pressing F9.
MORE INFORMATION
In general, if you paste a linked object as RTF text, it first displays
with the same formatting as in the source application. If you change the
text formatting of the object in Word and then reformat the source, the
Word formatting prevails because of the "\* mergeformat" switch in the
LINK field. The actual data in the object changes to reflect the source.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbfield kbhowto KB147344 |
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