Microsoft KB Archive/121108

= WD: Using the Split Subdocument Icon May Create Empty Documents =

Article ID: 121108

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2007

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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 6.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q121108





SYMPTOMS

 * No subdocument is created when you choose the Create Subdocument icon and the active document is a one-paragraph document. -or-


 * Empty or "phantom" subdocuments appear in newly opened master documents. These documents are often saved as M.DOC or M#.DOC, where # represents a number starting at 1.



WORKAROUND
Click the subdocument icon, and then press DELETE to remove any empty subdocuments.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: subdocuments sub-documents empty phantom master document split

Keywords: kbbug kbpending kbui KB121108

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