Microsoft KB Archive/211850

= WD2000: Microsoft Excel Text Formatting May Not Convert When Opened in Word =

Article ID: 211850

Article Last Modified on 5/28/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q211850





SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Word 2000 to open a Microsoft Excel 2000 worksheet with multiple character formats within a cell (for example some text is bold and other text is italic), all text in that cell uses the format of the first character. All other formatting is lost.

NOTE: This problem also occurs when you use the File command on the Insert menu in Word to insert an Excel 2000 worksheet.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, copy the worksheet in Microsoft Excel 2000, and then paste it into Word. This method preserves all character formatting.



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



MORE INFORMATION
Earlier versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel convert rich text formats accurately. The problem is due to changes in the Microsoft Excel binary interchange file format (BIFF) definitions.

