Microsoft KB Archive/224636

= You receive the "Error! Not a valid link" error message when you open a Word 2000 document in Word 98 Macintosh Edition =

Article ID: 224636

Article Last Modified on 12/2/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q224636



SYMPTOMS
When you open a Word 2000 document containing a link in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, the following error message appears:

Error! Not a valid link.



CAUSE
The result of the LINK field is lost when a Word 2000 document is opened in Word 98 Macintosh Edition.



WORKAROUND
To retain the result of a LINK field when you open your document in Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, save your document in Word 2000 as Rich Text Format (*.rtf). Then open the Rich Text Format version of your document in Word 98 Macintosh Edition.



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

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB224636

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