Microsoft KB Archive/155426

= WD: Tabs in Tables Lost When Saving As Text with Layout =

Article ID: 155426

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a

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This article was previously published under Q155426





SYMPTOMS
When you save a Word document as either Text with Layout or MS-DOS Text with Layout, and the document contains a table that is formatted with tab stops, some or all of the tabs that were in the table may be lost when the document is converted.



CAUSE
When the Word for Windows document contains a table, the converter separates the table columns by using a tab in the text file. The converter cannot handle a right-aligned tab correctly. This tab is lost in the text file, and a space is placed between the text instead of the tab. All other tabs are retained from the table: table column separators, left-aligned, center-aligned, and decimal-aligned.

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh also allows for the conversion of Word documents into other formats, such as Text with Layout. When the Word for Macintosh document contains a table, the converter separates the table columns, as well as the tabs within the columns, into space delimited columns. No tabs are retained. This includes the tabs for table column separators, left-aligned, center aligned, right-aligned, and decimal- aligned tabs.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbbug KB155426

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