Microsoft KB Archive/103311

Paste Link Info in Destination Is Blank After First Link

PSS ID Number: Q103311 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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= SYMPTOMS =

A blank space may result when you use the Paste Link/Paste Special command to link information into a file (the destination). This problem may occur if the name of the source document of the copied information begins with a number (for example, 1TEST or 8TH TEST CASE). Typically, the first Paste Link/Paste Special command will work as expected but subsequent links will fail.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word for the Macintosh versions 5.0, and 5.1. This problem was corrected in Word for the Macintosh version 6.0.

= WORKAROUND =

To avoid this problem, rename the document so that the filename does not begin with a number. Subsequent copy-paste links using the renamed document will work correctly.

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