Microsoft KB Archive/21668

Forward or Backward Slash Cannot Be Used in a Filename

PSS ID Number: Q21668 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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Word treats a forward slash in the same manner as a backward slash, that is, as a directory separator. Therefore, neither a forward nor backward slash should be used in a filename.

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