Microsoft KB Archive/217770

= WD2000: Error Message: "This Page Uses Frames, But Your Browser Doesn't Support Them" in Earlier Version of Word =

Article ID: 217770

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q217770



SYMPTOMS
When you open a Word 2000 document in an earlier version of Word, a blank document containing the following error message may be displayed:

This Page Uses Frames, But Your Browser Doesn't Support Them



CAUSE
The Word document you are trying to open is a frames page that earlier versions of Word do not support.



MORE INFORMATION
In Word 2000, a frames page is a container that hosts a group of frames. Frames are usually used in Web sites to make information easier to access or to show the contents of a Web site that has multiple pages.

For more information about frames, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type How do I use frames? in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

For additional information about a specific problem where a frame was inserted and deleted in a Word 2000 document, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

210041 WD2000: Error Message Opening Word 2000 Document in Earlier Version

Additional query words: frameset doesn t

Keywords: kbnofix kbprb KB217770

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