Microsoft KB Archive/169776

= WD: Converted Graphic Has Border on Right Side =

Article ID: 169776

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * 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 Q169776



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word 6.x for Windows or Word 7.x for Windows 95, when you use the Word 97 Import Converter to open a Microsoft Word 97 file containing an OLE object, a border is added to the right side of the graphic.



CAUSE
The Word 97 Import Converters, Msword8.cnv (Word 6.x) and Mswrd832.cnv (Word 7.x), do not handle OLE objects appropriately when all of the following conditions occur:
 * Initially, the file was created with an OLE object in Word 97.
 * The file is opened in Word 95 using the Word 97 Import Converter.
 * In Word 95, the OLE object is edited in the Picture Editor, saved in Word 95 format, and then closed.
 * The file is opened in Word 97, saved in Word 97 format, and then closed.
 * The file is opened in Word 95 using the Word 97 Import Converter.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, upgrade to the latest version of the Word 97-2000 Import Converter. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

162214 WD: How to Obtain the Word 97-2000 Import Converter



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with certain versions of the Word 97 Import Converter.



MORE INFORMATION
Additional query words: roundtripping ole objects converting mswrd832.cnv

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbconversion KB169776

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