WD97: REF Field Becomes Text Converting from Word 97 to MacWord (167216)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q167216 SYMPTOMS
If you save a Word 97 document that contains a Ref field in Microsoft
Word for the Macintosh version 5.x format, the Ref field is converted
to text.
For example, if your Word 97 document contains the following field
{Ref test}
where test is a bookmark, and you open the document in Word for the
Macintosh, it will look like this:
CAUSE
Word for the Macintosh does not support bookmarks.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
REFERENCES
For additional information about what happens when you convert a document
to another format, click the Office Assistant, type "conversion," click
Search, and then click to view "Results of saving Word 97 documents in
other formats."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on
the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component
For additional information, please see Chapter 15 of the "Microsoft
Office 97 Resource Kit," which is available on the Microsoft Web site
at:
For more information about how to obtain the Office Resource Kit
(ISBN: 1-57231-329-3), call (800) MS-PRESS in the United States or
(800) 667-1115 in Canada.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbinterop kbprb kbusage KB167216 |
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