Microsoft KB Archive/61692

Word 5.00 Err Msg: Cannot Switch Between Display Modes

PSS ID Number: Q61692 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Below are the possible causes for the following error message:

Cannot Switch between display modes


 * 1) The computer does not have enough memory available to support the new display mode. In this case, execute the Transfer Clear All command and retry switching display modes.
 * 2) Word was copied from another machine and the copied video files don’t work with the new machine. In this case, run the Setup program to prepare Word for use with the new machine.

This information also applies to Word 5.50 except that Word 5.50 will give the following error message message:

Word Cannot Switch to Graphics Mode.

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