Microsoft KB Archive/157774

= WD97: Can't Open HTML Document with Nested Tables =

Article ID: 157774

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q157774



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to open an HTML document that contains nested tables, the following message appears, and the document does not open:

The document contains nested tables that are too complex to represent.



CAUSE
Microsoft Word 97 does not support nested tables.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, open the document in another HTML editor, such as the Microsoft FrontPage Editor.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows.

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

Additional query words: 8.0 8.00

Keywords: kbprb KB157774

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