Microsoft KB Archive/111287

Subscriber Brackets Display Backwards; Edition Text

PSS ID Number: Q111287 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SYMPTOM =

A Microsoft Excel subscription does not appear as expected in a Word document. In place of the edition, the document displays the subscriber brackets backwards with nothing between them.

Note: You must have paragraph marks showing to see the subscriber brackets.

= CAUSE =

You subscribed with Best Format or with Formatted Text (RTF), and the range of published cells is wider than 22 inches. Because Word’s maximum page width is 22 inches, Word cannot accommodate a subscription of more than 22 inches.

Note: Word 5.0 automatically subscribes with Best Format; Word 5.1 allows you to select the format that you want to subscribe with.

= WORKAROUNDS =

Method 1: Make the publisher narrower than 22 inches. ——————————————-

To quickly change the column widths in Microsoft Excel 4.0, follow these steps:

a. Highlight the columns that you want to change.

b. From the Format menu, choose Column Width.

c. In the Column Width dialog box, enter a smaller number in the column width text box and choose OK.

Note: 10 is Microsoft Excel's default column width. The 10 indicates that each cell in the column is wide enough to     accommodate 10 characters in the worksheet's default font and size. Method 2: Subscribe to the Microsoft Excel edition as Unformatted Text. ————————————————————-

If you have Word 5.1, you can subscribe to the edition as     Unformatted Text. Follow these steps:

a. From the Edit menu, choose Subscribe.

b. In the Subscribe dialog box, choose Unformatted Text from the Subscribe With menu.

c. Locate and select the edition that you want to subscribe to        and choose the Subscribe button. KBCategory: kbinterop kbusage KBSubcategory: Additional reference words: 5.10 5.00 publisher wide reversed inverted macword5 macword insert i-beam beam cursor ====================================================================== ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.