Microsoft KB Archive/158477

= WD97: Object Deleted When You Run Letter Wizard =

Article ID: 158477

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q158477





SYMPTOMS
If you add an object or WordArt text effects to your document and then run the Letter Wizard (Tools menu), the object may be deleted.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the object is anchored to a paragraph that was modified when you ran the Letter Wizard. For example, if a WordArt object is anchored to a paragraph that is formatted with the Date style, and you change the Date Line on the Letter Format tab in the Letter Wizard, the WordArt object is removed.



WORKAROUND
If you have already run the wizard and your object has been deleted, click the Undo button until your object appears. Attach the object to a paragraph that is not a Letter Wizard element--for example, attach the object to a paragraph formatted with the body text or Normal style and then rerun the Letter Wizard.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.



MORE INFORMATION
If an object is anchored to a paragraph formatted with one of the following styles, the object will be deleted when you run the Letter Wizard:

Attention Line

CC List

Closing

Company Name

Date

Enclosure

Inside Address

Inside Address Name

Mailing Instructions

Reference Initials

Reference Line

Return Address

Salutation

Signature

Signature Company

Signature Job Title

Slogan

Subject Line

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