Microsoft KB Archive/145044

= WD97: Document Contains Extra Paragraph Marks or Boxes =

Article ID: 145044

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q145044



SYMPTOMS
When you open a Word 97 document, there are extra paragraph marks or boxes in the document. If the document contains a table, there are paragraph marks or boxes in front of the end of the row marker for every row within a table.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur when the following conditions are true:


 * You have opened and edited a Text Only or a Word 2.0 document in Word 97.
 * You have the AutoRecover save option turned on and have edited the document long enough for an AutoRecover file to be created.
 * You save the document as a Word 97 document, close, and reopen the document.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).

For additional information about SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2



MORE INFORMATION
To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:

Method 1: Convert the Table to Text (use if your document contains a table)

 * 1) Place your insertion point in the table.
 * 2) On the Table menu, click Select Table.
 * 3) On the Table menu, click Convert Table to Text, select Tabs, and click OK.
 * 4) With the text still selected, on the Table menu, click Convert Text to Table, select Tabs, and click OK.
 * 5) The unwanted paragraph marks should now be gone.

Method 2: Save the Document as RTF

 * 1) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 2) In the Save As Type drop-down list, select Rich Text Format, and click OK.
 * 3) Close and reopen the file.

Additional query words: autosave autorecover autorecovery corrupt save Saveas

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbconversion kbconvert kbfix KB145044

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