Microsoft KB Archive/113138

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French Word 6.0: Syntax Error Updating Word 2.x Formula Field

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Q113138

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0 (French), 6.0a (French), 6.0c (French)
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, version 7.0 (French)

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SYMPTOMS
In French Word version 6.0 for Windows or French Word for Windows 95, if you update a Formula (=) field you created in French Word version 2.x, the following error may occur:

Syntax error.

For example, in Word 2.x, the Expression field below produces a correct result, but when you open this document in Word 6.0 and update the converted Formula field, a "Syntax error" occurs in place of the result.

Word 2.x Expression Field:

  {=PRODUIT([L1C1];[L1C2]} Converted Word 6.0 Formula Field (gives "Syntax error"):

  {=PRODUIT(A1,B1)}

CAUSE
When Word converts the Expression field, it places a comma between the cell references instead of a semicolon.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the French international localized version of Word 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c for Windows, and Word for Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND
Manually replace the comma in the Formula field with a semicolon. To correct the above Formula field, modify it to the following:

  {=PRODUIT(A1;B1)}