Microsoft KB Archive/212248

= WD2000: Cannot Move to Next Text Box in Odd and Even Headers or Footers =

Article ID: 212248

Article Last Modified on 12/6/2000

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

-



This article was previously published under Q212248





SYMPTOMS
If you have linked text boxes in odd and even headers or footers, when you click the Next Text Box button (on the Text Box toolbar), nothing happens. You cannot go to the next linked text box. However, if you click Previous Text Box, you can go to the previous text box.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do either of the following:
 * Click to select the next text box you want.

-or-
 * Click to select the last text box and then click the Previous Text Box button on the Text Box toolbar.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
With the "link text boxes" feature, text can start in one text box and flow into the next linked text box. A good example of using this feature is a newsletter. The text of an article can start on page one and flow to the next text box on page three (or any other page) to complete the article.

Text boxes have full functionality when you use them in the body of the document. If you place them in odd and even headers or footers, the functionality of advancing to the next text box is not the same as when they are in the body of the document. The previous text box functionality is the same as it is in the body of the document.

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB212248

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.