Microsoft KB Archive/133117

WD: Paragraph Marks Added to Converted Word 2.x FILLIN Fields

PSS ID Number: Q133117 Article last modified on 11-10-1998

WINDOWS:2.0,2.0a,2.0a- CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.

MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.x == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you open a Microsoft Word 2.x document into Word 6.x and later, paragraph marks are incorrectly inserted into FILLIN field results if the original FILLIN fields in Word 2.x contain line-break (newline) characters.

= CAUSE =

This problem occurs because the Word 2.0 converter incorrectly inserts control character 13 (a paragraph mark) before each line-break character (control character 11) during import. If you update the field following conversion, these paragraph marks become extra unwanted line breaks.

= WORKAROUND =

To work around this problem, remove the unwanted paragraph marks or line- break characters following conversion.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Word products listed at the beginning of this article.

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