Microsoft KB Archive/817098

= Tasks for Shared Workspace Appear As HTML Code in the Workspace Pane =

Article ID: 817098

Article Last Modified on 2/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003

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SYMPTOMS
When you edit a task for a workbook that is located in a shared workspace, the task text is in raw HTML text instead of Rich Text Format (RTF).

If you modify or delete any of the HTML formatting tags in the task text, the tags and the data they enclose may be deleted from the task when you save it.



CAUSE
The problem occurs because the Shared Workspace pane does not support RTF, and can only display the text of the task in raw HTML text and code. The task information is stored on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Team Services 2003 server in the Document Library that you created. When you save a task to the Document Library on the Windows SharePoint Team Services 2003 server, the results are processed according to a set of special rules that strips out invalid and malformed HTML tags. This is done to maintain the integrity of the data that is stored on the Windows SharePoint Team Services 2003 server.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: XL2003 XL11 XML angle brackets braces Web STS SPS WSTS

Keywords: kbpending kbbug KB817098

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