Microsoft KB Archive/114815

WD5X: Column Spacing Not Saved When Converting to MacWord 3.x

PSS ID Number: Q114815 Article last modified on 11-25-1998

MACINTOSH:5.0, 5.1

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

The space between newspaper columns may revert to 0 inches when you open a document that has been saved using Word’s Mac Word 3.x file converter. This problem occurs if the converted document’s Space Between Columns setting was set originally to 0.5 inch (0.5&quot;). (To locate this setting, click Section on the Format menu.)

= WORKAROUND =

Set the Space Between Columns measurement to a measurement other than 0.5 inches. By setting the measurement to a different amount, the Space Between Columns measurement will not revert to 0 inches.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Word versions 5.0 and 5.1 for the Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= Additional query words: zero spacing =

Keywords : kbinterop macword Version : MACINTOSH:5.0, 5.1 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbbug ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.