Microsoft KB Archive/166980

= WD97: Format Changed If Hyperlink Spans Several Paragraphs =

Article ID: 166980

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 Q166980



SYMPTOMS
If you format a document so that it contains a hyperlink that includes several paragraphs, the document formatting near the hyperlink may change when the document is saved in HTML format.



CAUSE
When a single hyperlink includes several paragraphs, an Internet browser may format the information much differently than Word will.



RESOLUTION
Format the hyperlink so that it only includes a single paragraph. Create a hyperlink for each paragraph if necessary.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
The most common problem may occur when combining hyperlinks with bullets or numbering. Word, when dealing with the file as a Word document, will be able to apply bullets or number to the individual paragraphs. However, when the document is saved as HTML, the paragraphs contained within the hyperlink may be combined so that only one of them is numbered.

For example, here is how a document may look when formatted as a Word document. Note that in this example the entire text of the example is a single hyperlink:   1. Item a  2. Item b   3. Item c When saved as HTML and viewed in a browser, the document may look like This:   1. Item a  Item b   Item c Note that it is not considered to be a single numbered item rather than 3 separate items.

Keywords: kbinterop kbusage KB166980

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