Microsoft KB Archive/132564

= WD: Text from Drop-Down Form Field Disappears When Converted =

Article ID: 132564

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q132564



SYMPTOMS
When you save a Word document in another file format and the document contains drop-down form fields, the text of the drop-down form fields is missing from the document when you reopen it.

Text typed in text form fields is preserved.



WORKAROUND
To maintain the text in the drop-down form fields, save the file as Text Only With Line Breaks. Note that this method places a hard carriage return (paragraph mark) at the end of each line.



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

Additional query words: field codes dropdown checkbox

Keywords: kbbug kbconversion kbfield kbpending KB132564

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